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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]Our team is in Division A and I don’t find it to be cutthroat, at least compared to other sports. [/quote]

There’s a lot of recruiting in Division A, unlike in the lower divisions where most of the pools are membership based and can’t recruit. That’s why you see certain teams dominating year after year. [/quote]

This is true in that there are several teams that recruit but it still generally doesn't feel cutthroat because the rest of us accept that a few teams are very likely to win and the rest of us just do our best![/quote]

What does recruiting look like for summer swim? [/quote]

There are two teams in Division A (see above - one just moved up to A) that aren't part of a community pool. They rent pool space for summer swim, so basically can recruit kids from anywhere (who are willing to drive for meets or practice).[/quote]

MVP does not recruit. It's true that there are no geographical restrictions, but 95% of the kids live in Upper NW DC, close to our pool. There are a few kids who travel to our team, but it's not because they were "recruited." Some have a longstanding relationship with our head coach, others come because they have friends on our team. But there's no recruiting going on. The biggest advantage MVP has is that there's very little competition for summer swim teams in the area.[/quote]

MVP tried to recruit my kid at divisionals last year. [/quote]

The MVP coach did not try to recruit your kid at Divisionals last year.[/quote]

Correct. It was not the coach. An MVP parent rep did. It was very weird and my kid was uncomfortable.

And for all of the people saying “MVP doesn’t recruit” - yes they do. Kids in club swim tell other kids they should come swim for MVP. Parents tell other parents they should come swim for MVP.  And MVP can take them, because they’re not a membership pool.

Agree that the coach is great. [/quote]

Saying to friends you should join MVP is not exactly recruiting, its more like hey our team is fun, summer swim is fun, swim with us so we can hang out!

My kid is only 2nd year in but he really respects the coach and big part of reason he gets up for 7:00 swims and will return next summer.[/quote]

I don't know why MVP folks are resisting this so much.  The fact is that some teams, like MVP and Kingfish, can have new club swimmers join every year simply by asking them to or because the club swimmer is looking for a place to land.  Most pools can't do that, because they are constrained by membership rules.  [/quote]

We're resisting because you dont know what you're talking about. The vast majority of club swimmers on MVP have been on the team since they were very young. There were a few who came over post-COVID from Takoma Park because they didn't have a team for a couple of years. I can literally think of one MVP swimmer who is a club swimmer who joined later and had previously been on a different swim team. And, trust me, I know a lot more about MVP than you do. [/quote]

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