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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 6 year old barely made the big team this year after a year on pre-team.  At our MCSL pool they just have to make it across confidently to be in 8U. Practices until school is out are 30 min. I will say he came out completely exhausted after the first practice yesterday. Like collapse tired. 
We do have 6,7,8 year olds on pre team as well. [/quote]

How is one 30 minute swim team practice getting him to collapse tired if he’s been in 30 minutes lessons? [/quote]

Tell me you’ve never been to a swim team practice without telling me you’ve never been to a swim team practice. . .[/quote]

But OP said 30 minutes, not even an hour. A 30 minute swim practice is exhausting? Please explain.

Mine is joining a pre team and all year he has been doing 1x-2x/week lessons each 25 minute lesson is laps over and over, with 1 break to tread water. This is considered swim lessons 1 level under being able to even try out for a team. Even the slowest kids are not stopping for breaks or to use the bathroom or anything. These are 6-7 year olds. The rec team (non competitive summer team) my kid is joining runs 1.5 hour practices. The more competitive club team runs 2.5 hour practices at this age.

All swim teams I’ve seen run for at least an hour. I would not have expected any realistic joiners to be absolutely exhausted after just 30 minutes. Lots of the kids I know who swim also do another sport. [/quote]
No club is running a 2.5 hour practice for 7 year olds. [/quote]

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