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[quote=Anonymous]Wow this thread has really gone off the rails, but to the OPs question swim team is so much fun! And a lot of volunteer work but that is what comes with being a part of a great community. They don't happen without lots of parents working on it :) I am a former swim kid with deeply fond memories of my summers on swim team, whose oldest just did his first summer on a "developmental" team (called the "minis") at our pool. We hired a college summer sitter for the weeks from school to when swim team ended, worked great. He loved it. And improved so much - is now water safe, can swim in the deep end etc and swim a basic freestyle and backstroke. Cheapest swim lessons you will ever find, plus they have fun. I asked my son recently if he wanted to do it next year, his response was: DEFINITELY. There is no better way to get your kid a strong swimmer. They don't have to do it through high school, many peter off in middle school etc which is totally fine - worth the few years!

Summer swim is unique in my opinion from others sports I played as a kid - like others mentioned, everyone gets the same points. An 8 year old is just as important for the team as a 16 year old. Mixed gender team. More than one person gets points in every race, it isn't all about being #1. Both an individual aspect and a team aspect so your team can have a hard loss, but you might have a great swim where you beat your own time, just lots of opportunities to challenge yourself in different ways. The different ages all being on the team together - very unique. Older kids take care of younger and then your kid grows up to be the older kid and learns those skills too.

The community work for the team, we didn't do as much as a "mini" parent because our kid wasn't always swimming in meets but I remember my parents volunteering a huge amount. They are still close friends with many of those parents today. In my opinion, community takes work. Sometimes people want community to just come to them. People that have community give their time, money, and talents to make the community great. [/quote]

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