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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Recruiting absolutely goes on in the NVSL and if you believe otherwise, your head is completely buried in the sand. A few seasons back while in D1-2 team, I timed with a parent who admitted they lived in Loudon County (passed Dulles)  but swam for this particular  team which was well over 20 miles from their home. The parent said her child never attended the team practices and only showed-up on Saturday morning to swim. And yes, she dominated and was by far one of the best kids in this particular team.

I’ve also timed with other [b]parents who openly admitted they had country club memberships and spent all their time at the club, while also simultaneously holding a membership at a top NVSL team pool[/b] (and never attended) solely so their kid could swim for a top team. That’s not technically recruiting per say, but you get a sense of what goes on at the top levels.

While a team may no officially recruit per say through coaches and team reps, you can absolutely bet your bottom dollar there is recruiting going in within internal pool families recruiting other external  families to join their pool with the goal of putting together competitive relays at a high level. I’ve actively seen it first hand at our pool. Sometimes it comes to fruition, sometimes it doesn’t but to state recruiting doesn’t occur in the NVSL is a downright lie. It may not be official per say, but behind the scenes there’s a lot of absurdity going on.[/quote]

There are quite a few kids who swim for the country club and an NVSL team. Country Club league has meets on Tuesdays or Thursdays, so these kids — many of whom will also swim at NVSL Divisional Relay Carnival and ASRs, are competing (1) Sat and Mon NVSL; (2) some Wed. NVSL; (3) Tues or Thurs CCSDA; and (4) some Fri/Sun for LC club swim. I don’t know about these kids, but this would be a recipe for burn out with my swimmer. It would not serve as any advantage.

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I just figured out that a lot of the top swimmers at our pool also swim in the country club league.  I guess I am naive, but I was actually surprised.  Is this fun for people?  Must be.  I don't get it.

My understanding is most of these kids don't practice with either team (they are still with clubs over the summer) and just show up for meets.  Yay summer swim.[/quote]

It’s hard to understand what is motivating these people.  As a parent you want to spend every night of 5-6 weeks of summer at a swim meet?  I guess it’s fun to dominate and crush people?  Nice to be wanted?  Unclear.  It’s an ego trip for sure.[/quote]

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