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[quote=Anonymous]First, the requirements to make the team should have been listed online, emailed, said by the coach beforehand, etc. You can and should verify this with someone team related (rep or coach). But…I would be very certain before you do so that it will work. We’ve had parents push their kids to be on the team and the kids are the slowest by far and/or cannot finish practices. As a result, they are passed the entire time, get almost no break at the wall bc by the time they finish, it’s time to go again, and are known by their friends as the one who leaves 20 minutes into it. It’s also very cold in the outdoor pools for a few weeks still which adds to the discomfort.

Only you know how slow he was and what his stamina is. Only you know what his confidence level is with peers. Summer swim is tons of fun with a wide range of abilities but I would tread carefully pushing for something and your kid refuses to go or hates it. Since his friends made the team, do any have older siblings you can ask?

And…please don’t say the only reason he didn’t make it is bc MoCo is so competitive with swim. Tons of places are. My guess is he probably could be on it if you pushed (and yes, you are pushing but sometimes you need to advocate for your kids) but I also can see how he could end up hating the experience (which is usually fun).

- parent of swimmers and coaches and I have seen lots of kids resist/quit swim[/quote]

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