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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a current college swimmer and one in high school who plans to swim in college, here are my thoughts. If your kid seems burned out, complains about going to practice, has other interests s/he wants to pursue, then let them quit. I would encourage them to continue to swim HS and summer if that's something they've been doing, but quit year round/club swimming. Swimming is hard enough when you're all in.

Plus, swimming in college is hard, especially for boys, if you want to attend a certain type of school. While swimming may help with the college process for some kids, it can actually make the process more difficult in many cases. Very strong swimmers may still not be fits for the types of colleges they would like to attend, so then the quesiton is "what is sacrificed?" If your kid is not going to be recruited at the type of college they want to attend and they're asking to quit, let them! Swimming will still be part of their application -- dedication to a sport all through high school if they stick with summer and high school swim. Plus, they can pursue other interests to make them more interesting/desirable to colleges. [/quote]

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