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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not looking for scholarship…but child thinks he wants to swim in college

Do kids sometimes get good all of a sudden? Right now my child has not really grown and is struggling to keep up.
 With the taller kids.

Just trying to help set realistic expectations.[/quote]

Work on technique now and have child play 3-4 sports to build athleticism and suppleness. But introduce weight lifting at 14-15 (maybe hire a trainer to start with to learn good technique) and then have child specialize on swimming at 16 if that’s what they want. I see this formula consistently yield better results than “national” groups at age 12-15[/quote]
How exactly is a kid able to swim competitively until age 16 while also doing 3-4 other sports? I’m not saying specializing early is a good thing but I don’t see how it is logistically feasible to be a college prospect by not committing to swimming fully until age 16 and also juggle 3-4 other sports until then. Maybe 20 years ago when you could play a couple months of basketball, a couple months of baseball, and a couple months of soccer, while swimming 2 days a week, but I know of literally no one in the present day that has this type of schedule. [/quote]

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