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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never. DS swam club for 6y and never even made a B cut. He was always among the bottom 20 out of a field of 100s. But he enjoyed swimming, he had friends, he was active...

He is now active with his college club swim team. It is a great social outlet for him.

Sometimes we do things for the enjoyment. Not what they can do for us.[/quote]

This sounds just like my oldest DS.  Someone has to come in last place in races and my DS was often that kid.  But he loved being part of his club team and made really great friends.  So we kept paying and he would get up at 4:00am to practice three times a week.  In high school, he was super busy so he only did a couple of meets instead of every month.

In high school, he became a "swimmer coach" on our NVSL summer team and a junior coach with NCAP.  Then he joined his college club team and was able to get a part time job coaching with the local USA swim team.  He became a certified coach and made really good money for a college student working 10 hours a week.  DS is now in the working world and still swims for fitness.  If you ask him today, he would tell you his club swim experience was his favorite activity and he doesn't regret anything about it.[/quote]

My kid will drop it come college for other activities and we are fine with it.  They lifeguard but no interest in coaching.  As long as they enjoy it for fitness and fun, I'll pay.  They at most do one meet a year.[/quote]

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