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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly encourage you to consider NCAP-Burke. We live in Fairfax too. You’re going to have a very strong cohort of kids with similar times to your child at NCAP-Burke, and the coaches are fantastic top to bottom. With your child being 13, you really need to consider the trajectory, and NCAP-Burke has that cohort. [/quote]

Makos also has a strong cohort including 13-14 (age of OP Child) and is a strong program with very nice practice facility. Ncap Burke practice facility is old, dated, and not nice. [/quote]

Does Makos have kids with AAA/AAAA times? My concern is they wouldn’t have a strong cohort pushing them and I don’t see Makos at many of the big meets we go to around here. [/quote]

They have a lot of 13-16s with AAA times and they all practice in one location and together.  Mako hosts most of its own meets, so they don't attend a lot of outside meets. They also don't do the big club championships (they do Sport Fair) and they attend ISCA and not NCSA, like some of the other clubs.[/quote]
I’m not saying Makos isn’t a good club, but saying they have “a lot” of 13-16s with at least one AAA time is an exaggeration. They have 7 total girls and 2 total boys between the ages of 13-16 that meet that criteria.[/quote]

I would say for a 400 person club Mako has a lot of high performing swimmers.  Pound for pound more than other clubs.  That shows that they are taking swimmers and getting them to that level - good coaching.  Whereas a lot of the NCAP performers, were already proven swimmers that jumped.  You also see NCAP swimmers bounce a lot back and forth, more than other clubs - almost like they need a break from that club.[/quote]

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