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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like he's doing great. He should focus on his own development and look around less.[/quote] If he's like my teen boys, then encouragement/praise from you will fall flat. He'll need to figure out his internal motivation; just sucks that you might have to just be there and observe when the instinct is "how can i help you get through this". Like others have said, this isn't just a swimming thing. At this age, differences abound (soccer, lacrosse, etc. etc. etc.). So if the focus only is winning and best times, then disappointment is inevitable at all levels of competition.[/quote] If anything being late to puberty is less of an issue in swim because he can just focus on beating his own best times. In other sports he'd be benched, which can really hurt development. Hopefully smart coaches will keep working with him knowing that he'll eventually hit his spurt.[/quote]
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