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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6 weeks? Memorial day through all stars is 9 weeks, some weekends both days.[/quote]

Practice starts after Mem Day, but meets are still 2 weeks off.  It's 8 Saturdays, including time trials, which should zip along quickly, divisionals and All-Stars.    There are 2 possible weekends where it's both days:  relays and all-stars.  If your kids are having a good time, you can't suck it up for a total of 20 hours max?  [/quote]

Weallll - it's not quite the same in all of the leagues. In NVSL, we have the Saturdays like you describe through All-Stars. But then there are the Monday evening B meets (our team did 3 this season), Wednesday evening Relay Carnivals (our team has 3 this year), plus the IM Invitational which is also on a Monday evening. So we've had a meet schedule of this since July 4th: Saturday/Monday/Wednesday/Thursday(due to a rescheduled relay carnival)/Saturday/Monday/Wednesday/Saturday/Monday. If you're at a small pool, then many of the parents end up having to volunteer at EVERY event. At our B meet last night, the kids and parents were feeling the burn out. This is where you really need a Team Rep and a Coach and fellow team members/parents who can keep people going! Add on top of that the "drama" of competitive swimming for the kids of ALL ages - in the A meets one week, bumped the next.... Don't get me wrong, I love summer swim and truly think the benefits more than outweigh the downsides. But I can see how some/many parents look at it and think, "Are you kidding me? Is this really what I want for my summer? What in the hell did I get myself into?"[/quote]

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