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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To each his own. My kids really enjoyed the whole swim team experience. They were not great swimmers necessarily, but they enjoyed practice, meets, the events and making lots and lots of new friends. 
As a parent, it was a lot, but I also made some good friends through the experience. [/quote]

This. We started when my kid was 9 - he is now 18 and in his last year. The first year was hard. He could only swim free/back and other kids in his age group had been swimming for 3-4 years. But he made friends. We made friends. We all built a social network outside of the pool and hung out with them on the off season.  And while he doesn't LOVE practice - he hasn't asked/intimated he has wanted to quit in years and has actually been a volunteer coach and is now a team captain. He likes hanging with his friends and cheering on the little kids. DH and I also volunteer a lot - he is a stroke and turn judge or times at every meet and I run snack shack (and yes, DH and I work full time in the office.)

It is all what you and your family make of it. I am sure if my kid heard me grousing about the time commitment/the volunteer requirement/etc he would take my cues and complain too. But for our family it is an activity that we all do together and while we are all ready for a break at the end of July, we always miss it. I can't believe this is our last season....makes me sad to think about.[/quote]

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