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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Money and willingness to pay $$ for year round teams and private lessons. Not genetics. [/quote] Genetics give you a head start, but swimming, like distance running, is a sport that responds well to good coaching, quality equipment and facilities, and sustained effort from the athlete. It’s also a sport where improvement is measured in tenths of seconds, against the athlete’s own times. Other sports are subject to teammates and the competition - variables outside of the athlete’s control. [/quote] I disagree with the improvement being just against an athlete's own times. For example, especially around puberty, different swimmers will significantly improve quickly. There have been a few threads about how tough that is on late bloomers who continue to improve incrementally but who are suddenly getting smoked. [/quote]
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