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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is interesting. I'm from a different state and was a competitive swimmer growing up but in our region your team or swimming competitively had nothing to do with pools that you were members of. There were a few local year round clubs, practices were at local high schools or middle schools to work around the school's team schedule if it was during the boys or girls season. Summers were practice outdoor at local city public pools (I think summer training was something like $60 for 3 months, it wasn't a sport for just the affluent by any stretch since I wasn't one, the coaches were great but not getting paid, most grew up competing in the area and just gave back because they loved it).

I don't get how the membership pools teams translate to high school or middle school teams, or is it more for kids who are the 12 and under set  and then only a few go on to actually make it their sport of choice?

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Summer swim teams have nothing to do with regular "competitive" swimming.  Almost anyone can join, as long as  they can do all strokes legally.  You just join the team of the pool you belong to, or the club that will take you.  Winter swim is much more competitve, and there is some cross over--the most competitive summer teams are almost all full of 'winter' swimmers, meaning kids who do it as a sport of choice, not just for fun in the summer. (See Div 1 NVSL teams like Overlee and Chesterbrook)[/quote]

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