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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a lower cost club?  I looked into my local NCAP and it was basically the same price after all the registration, fees, extras as the other clubs around- Machine, Marlins, York. Yes, AAC and RMSC are cheaper, but they don’t pay for lanes and are otherwise subsidized by the local governments, so not a fair comparison. [/quote]

NCAP is almost $4,000 for the season for 11-12, correct? Marlins is about $3,000 for a comparable training group. Marlins also has so many more options for training - we don't pay nearly $3,000 at 11-12 because we're only swimming twice a week. Is that even an option with NCAP? Like I said, my kid isn't elite. I don't have a beef with NCAP. I just think it's a jackhammer and most kids just need a regular hammer.[/quote]
[b]I have a high level NCAP 11-12 swimmer and we are paying a little over $4k and my swimmer practices 5-6 days a week.[/b] For the poster that mentioned ASA, we are paying roughly the same as we would at ASA (swimmer would be an NDG swimmer there). I do agree that if you have a swimmer who isn’t fully committed to swim as their primary sport and is only in the water a few days a week it is not worth it if you have the option to join a different club that is less expensive and/or has different practice options where cost is different depending on how many days a week you practice. [/quote]

A high level 11 year old should not be swimming 6 days a week.  Maybe if they have gone through puberty - maybe.  But that is well above the guidelines and asking for injury.

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Couldn’t agree more, but NCAP is concerned with immediate returns, not long term development [/quote]

It is their business model.  Points and burnout.[/quote]

You are so uninformed.  My 12 year old swims 6 days a week for NCAP.  A lot of dryland focused on core and shoulder mobility and low yardage….It is not the number of days you practice..it is the amount of yardage….

I am willing to bet there are many kids swimming way more yards than my kid who a practicing fewer days a week…and not racing nearly as fast[/quote]
+1, I’m the poster from earlier in the thread that prompted all of this debate over how many days a week my kid is in the water. I know the training my kid is doing and I fully trust the coaching staff. People are acting like my kid is in the water 2 hours a day doing 6000 yards or more with intervals that are unrealistic and that just isn’t the case. They are training appropriately for a swimmer of their age and ability. Is it more than the 12 year olds who aren’t committed to swim as their primary sport and aren’t as fast, sure, but that doesn’t make the training inappropriate. It’s what fits for them. [/quote]

What NCAP site are you at? 5,000 or 6,000 for time is a regular set at Prep for the age groupers. Turns into 8-10k for Gold 1,2 kids. [/quote]

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