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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At age 10, swimming 2-3x/week is good so that he can have other priorities and do other sports…and not get burnt out.  We like makos. From my research and from what I hear from families is that machine and ncap push swimming 5x/week at earlier age, do not encourage or support doing other sports, and they are very “big” teams (multi-site, larger number of swimmers) which we don’t want. [/quote]

When do swimmers at Makos start going 5 days a week?

My swimmer at Machine is just now being pushed to 5 days and they are 13 and have been a JO qualifier every year since they were 9.

I find it extremely hard to believe that they push kids to 5 days later than Machine considering MAKOs was the one with a 14 year old make Olympic Trials so if anything I’d assume they are actually pushing them to 5x/week earlier than Machine[/quote]

For 13-14 year olds, there are different groups with varying practice days/times depending on committment and ability.  The senior prep gold group (12-14) has 4-5x/week option. The junior gold group (9-12 years) has 3-4-5x/week option. The other groups (not gold) for 13& under have options for 2-3x/week. I think there is more flexibility. There are fast swimmers in the "lower" groups who just don't want to be so committed to swimming for various reasons. Hope this makes sense!

When we research the machine website and practice groups (at least for audrey moore location) we don't see alot of flexibility and options.We also think the practice times are terrible.   The NCAP burke website doesn't list practice options for less than 5x/week for 13-14 year olds. [/quote]

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