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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, I come at this as the parent of a late developing swimmer who is now 19.

My kid was NOT a super fast age group swimmer. He got hypothermia swimming outside during covid because he was so thin that he couldn't keep himself warm without a good heater and access to a locker room. At 13, he was about 5'4 and 95 lbs. But he LOVED swimming. He was the kid who showed up at EVERY practice and worked hard. He'd celebrate every single second he dropped, every time he mastered some technique that his coach taught him.

In middle school, this kid was B/BB swimmer. Fast forward a few years and he had NCSA cuts. (By the end of his senior year, my kid was 6'2 and 155. The swimming kept the weight off for sure,) I call that 13& over group the "men against the boys" group. You really have to tell your kid that he's swimming against himself and celebrate HIS improvements. What is he happy about? No one is going to drop at every meet.

Everyone's hormones kick in at a different time. Watching puberty in a boy drove home that testosterone really is a drug! If the other kids get that kick now and he's keeping up, he will be pleasantly surprised when his kick comes at 16.  [/quote]

This, x1000...  Well said.[/quote]

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