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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The swimmer is at Chinquapin and Mt. Vernon.  They are in the water six days a week.  They are not even a teen yet.  Yes, it is happening.  The swimmer's parents pushed for it and have been pushing since their swimmer was 10, Barry finally gave in when the swimmer turned 12.[/quote]
The # of days in the water wouldn’t be so much of a concern for me. I’m fairly certain I know who you’re taking about, and my kid in the same age group (with a big club) is in the water 5-6 days a week. The difference is the actual training my kid is doing is geared toward kids that are 11-13 years old not HS kids. [/quote]

If you want your kid to crush team records by 5 seconds, then they need to train like a high schooler.[/quote]

I don' t know the swimmer/family but I will say that they are asking for injuries to happen.  Particularly if the swimmer has not hit puberty. I am assuming that the swimmer has hit puberty because I can't imagine any family or coach pushing a kid that young to train like that. It is irresponsible and short sited to not progress in an age appropriate manner.  This swimmer should have another ten years, but pushing them that young that early is probably going to be a shoulder surgery or two by the time they are 16 and could derail their swim career.  [/quote]

We don't live in VA and I have college age swimmers.  In my swim mom time, there were always a few parents that wanted their kids to do extra practice and yardage at 11/12/13.  We would see parents on deck giving more practice.  Fast forward a few years, all of the kids quit, not one of them swam in college.  I know that not all coaches are great and some kids have special talent, but 99.5% of the swimmers will do just fine doing the set amount of practice that a club sets for that group.  Look for coaches that are fair and consistent, and nice group of kids.  Once your kid gets to high school, if swimming is their primary sport, their swim group becomes their best friends.[/quote]

I would agree that this is good advice. There is supposed to be a natural progression and there is no need to go beyond that in reality. Extra yards and all that will only get you to a point and if you start it too young then they swimmer never gets those time drops when their peers have now upped their yardage.  The wunderkind is no longer special.  [/quote]

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