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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Machine's Madeira site has evening practices[/quote]

Whats the coaching like there?  Do they have a good group of fast swimmer in this age group?[/quote]

How fast is fast? What time standards is your kid swimming and how close are they to 13?[/quote]

At least A times in every event.
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Honestly you might find that some tops clubs in Nova wouldn’t consider your swimmer for their most elite practice groups without multiple AA and some AAA times.

Definitely reach out to coaches and discuss your swimmer’s times and set up some visits with different clubs so you can try them out and see how your swimmer connects with certain coaches and feels about the workouts. [/quote]

+1 I would say if your swimmer has mostly A times they probably will not be considered for a high performance/elite group unless perhaps they JUST turned 11 and have AA+ in best events. If they are already 12 most elite groups are going to be full of kids at the AA-AAAA level in all events. [/quote]

Such a typical DCUM response.  :roll:  "Unless your kid is at the very top they just don't matter"

No, not all kids in "high performance" groups have AA-AAAA times. We swim for machine and HP for kids who are 11-12 does not mean kids have to have AA-AAAA times. Maybe name designation varies varies by club but I can't imagine most clubs have such a large number of kids with top times.

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+1 Not to mention that OP never said her DC has "mostly A times" or doesn't have "multiple AA or AAA" times. They said the swimmer has at least A times in all events.  
Also, please tell me more about all these elite PVS groups where the 12-year-olds are "full of kids with AAAA times in ALL events".[/quote]

Exactly.  They don't exist.  There are [b]less than 5 11-12 boys in all of PVS [/b]that are doing AAAA times in ANY events.  There are zero doing AAAA in every event.  There are [b]roughly 30 doing AA+ in most[/b] events.  [/quote]

The post never said AAAA in every event.  :roll: It said AA-AAAA across the board. Work on your reading skills. [/quote]

DP, but see the bolded.[/quote]

What bolded? No post ever said the swimmers in the group were AAAA in every event. That was made up by someone who made a really dumb response.[/quote]

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