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[quote=Anonymous]IMX is a great coaching tool for age group swimmers as it forces a kid to compete in all strokes at the high distance in each event (except free, caps out at 500).  My experience has been kid’s favorite stroke has changed over time so a program that incentivizes improving all strokes is good.  You don’t want an age group swimmer going a year without swimming all strokes at a meet, even if they heavily favor a few.

Truly elite swimmers will be good enough in every stroke to have a very high IMX score but IMX highlights well-roundedness as opposed to true elite status in a particular stroke.  So, say the best breast striker in the country try hates back. IMX score will be good, no doubt, bc breaststroke will be worth close to 1000 points (and they are likely decent at everything. If that good at one stroke) but it won’t reflect how dominant the kid is at breast stroke if only passable at back.  IM swimmers may be exception (IMX score will reflect dominance bc their sweet spot is being exceptionally good at all strokes).

Most college recruiting happens around best event(s) that need to be true stand out times.  A college coach doesn’t need a kid to swim everything so having a weak stroke is generally not an issue.  The breaststroker above is never going to swim back in college.  Their “power index ranking” which is compared against other high school swimmers (out of 60 and want low score) is more helpful. Age group swimmers do not have this power index yet (unless 14 yo who is freshmen in HS).[/quote]

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