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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also find the posts about not being able to 'get in' later weird.  This has not been my experience at all, and my kids are not very good.  One of my kids joined club swim at age 11, and had plenty of options.  Started out swimming 2 days a week, eventually stepped up to 3 days.  
I've seen many kids who are not great swimmers switch clubs, both from small clubs to big clubs (e.g. NCAP) and from big clubs to smaller clubs.  And by not great swimmers I mean might have a b cut in their best stroke, but mostly have no cuts.  
The clubs like RMSC and AAC that are subsidized by the government and cheaper are harder to get into- but I have also seen kids joining these clubs- this is where it helps to be a super strong swimmer.  Although it also helps to be on top of registration deadlines, etc- and move quickly.
I had another kid who opted to join club swimming at 7.  For this kid, they loved going to meets and motivated from meets.  So club was a real advantage over a stroke clinic.  Its really about what works for your kid and your family- but in my opinion, FOMO is always a bad reason to join something- although it is often the prevailing reason here in the slightly crazy DMV.[/quote]

PP, as a swim parent this strikes me as leaving out some key details. I’m not doubting that you found plenty of options for your “not very good” kid at age 11, but there is no way that any of these were top clubs in the area. More likely these were the clubs that take everyone.[/quote]

Well I think the 'best clubs' and 'top clubs' criteria is pretty meaningless- but NCAP is ranked 2nd in the nation and the top club in the PVS by USA swimming's virtual club championship.  https://www.usaswimming.org/times/vcc

I am aware of 4 kids transferring to NCAP this year ranging in age from 12-16.  One of them has a couple b cuts and a one bb cut.   One of them has an a cut, a couple bb cuts and a could b cuts.  the other two have a couple b cuts.

Basically, if the club has room in a practice group- they will take the kid.  The clubs want to fill their spots.  [/quote]
Kids that are in HS can definitely transfer to NCAPs Gold 3 group even if they don’t have anything other than B cuts. That’s the group their slowest swimmers get funneled to. If there is space, they will take most swimmers into that group. That’s obviously not the case with their groups that have performance standards that need to be met. [/quote]

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