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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This should be a new thread.  Pop Warner much more akin to summer swim.  Very different from club.

And that is not a bad thing.  Just saying[/quote]

Not if you’re in FL/GA/TX (and Pop Warner isn’t the literal league for most youth football leagues — and I don’t mean silly flag football kids do here; when we use Pop Warner, it’s like using the term “Kleenex” when we mean any tissue). Young football players (under age 14) only learn the game through youth leagues and then, if they are good enough/if puberty is kind, they make the high school team. But very very few will play college football. [b]Youth football in Va/Md is nothing like those three states, but is very analogous to club swimming in the DMV.[/b] (And, yes, once a player is on the college scouts’ radar, then the supplementals kick in with all the camps, private coaching, etc; but this largely doesn’t happen until a boy is mid-way through puberty, and mostly doesn’t happen until they are minimally in 8th grade, but mostly not until 10th+.) All of this is to underscore that swimming club is valuable regardless of the post-secondary outcome, as it is with gymnastics, and playing an instrument, and dance, and cheer, and….[/quote]

DP.  Not sure what you mean by this.  Depending on the level, club swimming intensity and competitive meets can significantly exceed public high school swimming.  As a result, college scouts look at club swimming performance and progression.  Football, baseball, basketball, etc... do not have comparable private club teams for swimming, but I have seen numerous clinics, camps, "baller" skills training, etc... where the coaches come from UMD, GMU, AU, GT, GW, and other local universities.  These coaches supplement their income by teaching these, often becoming part owners in the facilities where they are hosted.  It's actually a win-win for them, in that they earn a bit more money AND get to see college prospects early.[/quote]

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