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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He swam across the pool width ways?
Or along the pool, like an entire lap?

He doesn't sound ready for swim team, doesn't matter what county you are in. So much of swim team is back and forth laps, the kids share lanes too, could be 3-6 kids in one lane. If your kid is struggling after one lap it messes the whole lane up.
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DP. We are also an NVSL D1 team. Our only requirement to join the regular team is to get across one lap, any way you can, without touching the bottom. The 8U practice has a dedicated lane for brand new swimmers, with appropriate drills and volume of swimming appropriate for that level, with coaches in the water helping. This is how it all begins. This is summer swim. Everyone is welcome. 
This would not work for a club swim team, but that’s not this. [/quote]

Great but teams differ.  Our pools pre-team is stroke instruction from the deck and requires what you describe above.  Kids that can’t swim a length of the pool are instructed to take learn to swim lessons.  We don’t have a lane 1 experience on the swim team.  That’s what our pre team is.[/quote]

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