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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t mean to hijack, but as a parent of an high level 12 U swimmer (think PVS Champs A finalist in multiple events), what do you all think has caused your kids to get to the point where they want to give up the sport? My swimmer right now wants to swim D1, and is on that trajectory, but I’m curious to know from others in that situation what changed their kids’ mindset?[/quote]

OP here. My kid was all in for 5+ years. Swam NCSAs, Zones, Futures, etc. Most of her life revolved around the sport, including social life. But intensity and frequency of training in first year of HS made her rethink. As a PP described, kids at this level miss out on a lot of other activities because they have to go to bed early and wake up early and swim every day after school.  I just think that routine for 3 more years was not what she wanted anymore. [/quote]

Do you mind sharing what her training schedule was?
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Also curious about this. And how old she was when she started year round swim.[/quote]

DP but I am happy to outline our experience, which I will openly say was RMSC because each club has some differences.

Started club swimming in 1st grade (minis), 1h 2 evenings per week. 
Advanced juniors at 9, 2 evenings, 1 weekend morning. I think these practices were 1:15 during the week, 1:30 for the weekend. Regularly continued at least one other sport/activity - soccer, basketball, chess club, etc. 
Commitment picked up for advanced MS group - 4 weekday evenings (~2h), 1 weekend morning (2.5h). There was an early morning weekday available, but optional. Kids went to that practice if they missed a weeknight in general. My kids continued other sports, sometimes travel level, through MS. Our coaches were very supportive of this.

When they get to HS, the most advance group (NTG) trains every day after school (~2.5h) and Saturday mornings (2.5-3h). They are also expected to swim 1-2 early mornings before school for a total of 7-8 swims per week. 
The next group (Advanced Seniors) has a similar schedule, with slightly shorter practices, and about 6 swims expected per week. 
There is also a less intense group (Seniors) where kids swim fewer, shorter practices with a lot of flexibility. [/quote]

OP here. We were same club, so same training schedule as this poster outlines in such good detail.  DD started at AdJ level as a 9 and was in most advanced training group/schedule in first year of HS. [/quote]

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