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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many times the kids who are big (not just tall) and powerful at the younger ages end up being too big/heavy for swimming long term. Swimming is a sport that favors the naturally long and lean body type. [/quote]

Yep, football player build is not a good swimmer’s build (plus many of these kids end up overweight). [/quote]

Actually, a lot of that is controllable. A football player works out differently to a swimmer and their body looks different. A lot of kids, if they stuck to swimming would look different. [/quote]

Yeah, no. You can't engineer your body type.  :lol:  Just ask a whole generation of women who dreamed of being ballerinas as young girls.[/quote]
+1 I was an amazing 10 and under with the medals to prove it, then I got boobs and never got taller than 5’3”. [/quote]

This was the scenario I saw the most as a female swimmer. I remember wanting to gain weight to be "big" like the girls who were beating me at 12 and under. Then as we got to 13-14 those girls became curvy and their height topped out at 5'7" max. They were nationally ranked (top 16?) in the younger ages but then barely improved in the teen years. Meanwhile I grew to be very tall and eventually "filled out" but even after puberty I was lean and not curvy. I had also developed a great work ethic and technique because I wasn't naturally the fastest. Those other girls hated practice and didn't like that it was starting to require hard work.

I think it's less predictable for boys. But for girls with short and curvy moms and dads who aren't taller than average, odds are puberty will not be helpful for their swimming.
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