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[quote=Anonymous]Nurture+Nature working together. Kids are likely to be good at what their parents are good at. I know a family where the mom was D1 college swimmer and the dad is 6’4”. Their kids are crazy tall for their ages and great swimmers already in 10&U. They purposely bought a house that would transfer a NVSL D1/2/3 pool membership and they had their kids in the mini/juniors program from the youngest age possible and year-round swim by 1st grade.

For families with 2-4 kids, the younger ones benefit greatly from having an older sibling excel in a sport. You may not have had your oldest in year round swim or stroke&turn clinics until 4th grade, but once you’re at the pool 3-5x a week with older kids, you might as well get the younger ones in the pool early. You know how to coach your younger kids for time trials, how to strategize B meet events, etc. Since kids swim off the ladder, more swims = more chances to get better times = more swims . . . Having the right support to get a taste of success early in the 8&U years can make a big difference.  [/quote]

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