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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This wouldn't be an option for us.  I'm struggling to afford 2x per week for 2 kids.  They really enjoy it, and I want so much to make it happen for them, but it's a hardship financially.

[quote=Anonymous]We have two kids who swim 3-4 days a week each (one is at ASA and one at Toll) and we pay around $7,000 annually for swim clubs.  One also supplements with private lessons that are about $400 a month.  That doesn’t even count the summer swim costs of swim team and pool dues so that’s an additional $2000.  So all in we are well over $10,000 annually.  And we have a third kid who will start club swim in two years.  One child is about to start qualifying for travel meets which will add a substantial greater cost.  Swim is one of those sports that you don’t think of as being super expensive (like lacrosse or golf) because there’s really no equipment, but renting pool space and paying good coaches is astronomical.  We aren’t financially strapped but it definitely makes a dent.   [/quote][/quote]

$400 in private lessons is a lot (almost $5K per year) and I don't think a lot of families are spending that much on private lessons.  My college swimmer had maybe a handful of private lessons in total while swimming club to work on a specific issue (ie, breaststroke pull out, starts, or crossover turn).  I would not compare yourself to this family.  I found cost of swim that really added up were travel meets.  It was very pricey when my kid traveled with the team and then I chose to travel separately to watch them swim.  My swimmer is D3 and next week, and I am grateful for no more club dues, but we still pay for tech suits (discounted through team), annual training trip (airfare only) and our travel to watch.  [/quote]

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