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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a D1 pool in NVSL. Almost all our Saturday swimmers swim year round.  Our team does not win based upon what happens in the summer, it's all about the year-round training.  At our pool, it is strongly encouraged to sign up for a program for the rest of the year.  Only 6-9 swimmers per age group get to swim on Saturdays and you don't have much hope unless you swim year-round.

This is well-known, though, so most swimmers go in expecting to only swim in B mets.  It can be challenging if your kid only makes 1 Saturday meet because then they realize how much more exciting it is to be an A meet swimmer.  Sometimes that motivates them to work harder and sometimes that makes them want to quit because it is hard to go back to B meets.  [/quote]

Omg, so pretentious. If this was my kids team I'd find another one.
In my kids' league the B meets are super fun and even kids who only swim 'A' meets come to them - volunteer, cheer and hang out.[/quote]

I am not the D1 poster, but I totally get her point. My child moved up to A meets this summer and I have to admit, the A meets are way more fun than B meets. They move faster, only I heat of every age group stroke, and every race matters. The Relays are especially fun to watch. My child still swims in B meets (at our pool you are only allowed to swim stokes at the B meet that you didn't swim at the A meet) and the meets are still fun, but no where near the same. now, my child is young enough that he doesn't yet "feel that it is hard to go to B meets after having been to an A  meet." At this point he just loves swimming and competing no matter the type of meet.

now back to OP's question.. if you child enjoys swimming and wants to get faster she needs to swim year round and work on her form. Now this all varies by pools, there are pools in lower divisions that consist of only summer swimmers, but for the most part the top swimmers swim year round and take additional lessons outside of summer swim. Summer swim is only 7-8 weeks long, hard to see big gains year to year when that is the only time you are swimming. [/quote]

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