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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the clubs, including RMSC have lower level clubs.  The county has a stroke and turn and I'm forgetting the name of the class but another pre-team class.  City of Rockville has classes too.[/quote]

RMSC is not a non-competitive club. It is probably one of the most competitive clubs in Montgomery County. [/quote]

That's true but they do have various groups at different ages that accommodate a range of skill/ability.  Only the best will be invited to NTG but depending on ability and spot availability there might be room in one of the base level senior groups.[/quote]

DP - aren't the lower level senior groups for experienced swimmers who don't want to practice as often?  Kids who've swum at RMSC for a while and who, for whatever reason, aren't super fast or committed?  Knowing how RMSC works, it doesn't seem like the kind of club that would welcome new HS-age swimmers unless they're super fast.[/quote]

This. [b]RMSC is less competitive for boys[/b], but, he is going to need to know all his strokes at a minimum to be placed in the senior group. They also simply may not have any spots open in the senior group because the senior group is going to be filled with kids who can't make the higher level groups and have been in the club for years. They do not kick kids out of the club.[/quote]

Did you mean to say the boys are more competitive? On a national level, the RMSC boys are ranked higher than the girls.[/quote]

I'm guessing they meant "competitive for space". I don't know how things really shake out in the older groups, but way back in the younger groups, they do try for some gender balance. This can make it a little easier for boys to get in then because there can be fewer boys trying out at those ages.

I don't know what seniors looks like at my site (or across the board), I have NTG swimmers and this particular era cohort is very boy heavy (and amazingly fast and competitive!). I would guess that in other groups, boy dropout rate is greater and may leave some space for a new boy vs. a new girl, but again, I really don't know if clubs care much about gender balance if they even have an available space in a senior group. [/quote]

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