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I also grew up in the pre-specialization of youth sports era. Back then the athletic kids just played a different sport each season at a rec level. Unfortunately that just is not the current environment of youth sports. My kid started with swim as most kids do with summer league and they fell in love with the sport. Personally I found swimming a little boring (I’ve come around on it) and I tried to get them to try some other sports with a little more action but they didn’t want to. Once we started down the club path (which we did later than most) and it became apparent my kid had some talent, they got even more invested in the sport. Their best friends are other swimmers, they are together constantly both in and out of the pool, it’s a great group of focused peers. Taking them out of that to be a “more well-rounded” athlete is not the right thing for them. [/quote]

The theory isn’t to pull your 11 year old out of swim and start another sport, it’s to put your 5 year-old into many sports and whittle down from there.

My swimmer washed out of all team sports, and the lack of athleticism is apparent and disadvantageous when facing real athletes, particularly on dives.  [/quote]
Putting a 5 year old in many organized sports also seems kind of crazy. You can’t do basketball or baseball/softball at age 5. My kid tried soccer in kindergarten, and they hated it. Started swim lessons at 7 and immediately loved it. Covid happened the year they turned 8, so there weren’t really sports options, but they did do outdoor swim at a heated pool in the fall of 2020 (my first sign that they just wanted to swim) and then stroke and turn in the winter/spring 2021. Summer swim team in 2021, and then they got the bug and had no interest in trying other sports, so we started club swim. And now here we are at 12 and they still love the sport and are committed to it. I’m not saying this is the case for every kid, but it was for mine, and that’s why I’m comfortable with the amount of time they commit to the sport. [/quote]

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