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So, I'm the meh poster...thanks to the one who said they were insufferable :)  First - diving (make All Stars every summer),  swimming - same always divisionals/All Stars during summer - swim and dive at a lighter level during winter to "keep up".  baseball and soccer.

Yikes!  I just think that with soccer your team is so critical to your individual success.  While the team is important in swimming and gymnastics - not the same.  Diving really just feells like a cheer squad - which is good![/quote]
They don't have to be hardcore about it at all.  But the team dynamics are going to vary a lot when you are a dabbler vs an established team member.  [/quote]

I don't want to quibble but [b]do tell what league you're in[/b] to have a kid make it to all stars every summer after swimming a "lighter level" during the school year?  While it may appear it is going off track- it isn't. It you're not upfront with he basis for your statements then your statements should be discounted. After the age of 8, no kid is making it to all stars without hard core training year round. (Divisionals is no big deal since crappy kids can make that dependent on the makeup of the team.)  to make all stars, you're taking the top 18 kids per age division and sex and stroke - out of thousands of kids.  Hundredths of seconds often separate the 21st kid and the 16th kid. We've been a big family swim team for years and I've been an a-meet rep. I have never seen a non serious year round swimmer go to all stars except, on rare occasion, someone less than 8. (You indicated your kids are older than that). [/quote]

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