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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure it was. Summers only. Very few lessons before switching team. College kids coaching NVSL.

It’s just another sports industrial complex now. [/quote]

When was swimming summer only with college coaches?  My first summer league was late ‘80s, coached by a grown-up in the swim industry.  I swam winter, as did  maybe 1/3rd of the summer team.  [/quote]

Hey there, youngster.
 
In the '70s and early '80s, summer swim only was the norm. I was one of the few on our team who swam winter and all of us who did swam in college. Our coach was a college student who also managed the pool. This was at an NVSL pool that is now perennially in Division 1. I bet no swimmer there now can swim A meets without winter swim. It's so different and not in a good way.

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You don’t have to swim year round to be good, you just have to be good. My child was smoked by a 12 y/o that has no swimcloud/ USA swimming results whatsoever.  So we assume just a summer swimmer.  That 12 y/o would have won both events at division 1 divisionals.

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There are military family kids that sometimes seemingly appear out of nowhere and people are like this is their first year?!, and they’ve actually been swimming overseas. It’s super rare to have a 12 year old summer only swimmer that would be good enough to win events at D1 Divisionals.[/quote]

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