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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Sad, but true. Occasionally you will hear of stories like Hakeem Olajuwon (didn’t play bball until 15), but they are really rare and almost never in the US. I wish kids still played as many sports as they did way back when. It seems impossible to derail the US youth sports juggernaut on its quest to specialize earlier and earlier. Someone made a thread looking for 4 yo basketball. Is that already a thing? What’s next, toddler fencing? Preschool crew?[/quote]

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