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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I overheard a parent at practice talking last night about his 10 year old and how basically his kid was the next Olympian.  That their club team needed to be good with them not being able to attend club practices since she love summer swim practices.  Also apparently not meeting club attendance requirements during the year due to other sports. That they need to deal with it because they needed her because she can make JOs and if they don't like her lack of commitment NCAP would kill to have her.

It was honestly kind of shocking and insane.  The tone was crazy.  I think the parents he was talking to were just floored by the hubris.[/quote]

The kid is 10.  Lot of kids make JOs at that age and then drop by 14 or 15, it means nothing.  I feel sorry for their club and summer coaches.[/quote]

Not arguing with your point, because I agree about the fall off, but to the kid at age 10, it means so much. Let’s stop denigrating the hard work young swimmers do — and the meets they make/accolades they get — when they are young just because it may not/does not equate to the same level of success when they go through puberty. This is especially true for those of us with Asian or part-Asian children. Lots of earned success in 12U, but puberty often is not kind to swimmers 
who have Asian genes.[/quote]

Puberty is not kind to Asians???  😂😂😂😂 please!![/quote]

DP. I assume they mean that a lot of Asian kids won’t end up being tall. Which is true. A tall kid who is talented and works hard will have an advantage.[/quote]

the average height of male Olympic swimming finalists in 2016 was 6'2".

Chinese elite swimmers tend to be tall, with many around or above 6 feet (183 cm). For example, Sun Yang is 1.98m (6'6"), Qin Haiyang is 1.92m (6'4"), and Pan Zhanle is 189.5 cm (6'2.6"). Zhang Yufei is 1.76m (5'9").

Maybe non-tall white people don’t focus at all in swimming, whereas Asians do.

No need to cry victim of puberty.

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I’m the poster you’re responding to and I agree with this. We all have to accept that our height may open some doors while closing others. I loved gymnastics in early ES and was working on some fairly advanced skills. But that dream died when I hit 5’4” in like 4th grade. I ended up very tall and swimming worked out well. But man I loved gymnastics! 
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5'4 in 4th grade? really?[/quote]

Happens for sure. My guy is 5'2 and about to be in 3rd. [/quote]

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