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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend’s 8 and under just got emailed they got in at MLK.[/quote]

We did too!  We have a very happy kid![/quote]

8U????   :shock:

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For real. If this thread doesn’t give Tiger mom vibes, nothing will. Like who gives a crap [/quote]

Because people want to know the results of tryouts that were over a week ago?   :roll: [/quote]

It's perfectly reasonable to want results of tryouts in a timely manner.

It's also slightly batsh*t to send your 8&U to RMSC, given how poor their reputation is for stroke coaching.[/quote]

If you want  your kid to be competitive you pay for private lessons.[/quote]

RMSC + private lessons for an 8&U is really a lot.  Are you trying to burn your kid out?[/quote]

Sigh - they just don't get it - it is so sad [/quote]
My kid turned 8 during Covid so she didn’t have the chance to do 8U and joined a club at 9. Based on our experience, I would say that an 8 year old should do one of the club’s developmental programs before trying to join the competition team. There are some NCAP sites that have either a developmental program or a competition level that is geared toward the 8U set where they just do mini meets; and Tollefson has a developmental stroke school as well. My kid at 9 was a good athlete with summer swim experience so did ok, but she lucked out and got a coach after a few months that did real stroke work and by the end of the SC season she was close to JO cuts as an older 9 year old and qualified for the LC champs as a new 10 year old. She would not have done near as well without the proper stroke coaching. [/quote]

I hope they continue to like swimming.  My college swimmer did not swim year round until he was in 6th grade. [/quote]
For better or worse that was many years ago. It’s hard to break into competitive swimming now after age 10 unless you are someone with innate talent because clubs don’t kick kids out once they have joined the club, and they are full of kids that joined at 8U. My kid loves swim, we don’t force her to swim, we have to pull her back when she wants to go to every practice that is offered. [/quote]

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