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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh good lord. Why are you asking this question here then?  We don't even swim the same distance.  BB for a 10 year old competitive swimmer seems like 4x a week practice is more than appropriate if not close to burnout rate. My kid was swimming AAA at that time and moved to 4x a week (from 3x)

Everyone asks for their kid to get moved this time of year (in DC) Let the season settle a bit and hope for a change in December or January.  Maybe the coaches put her in that group because they thought she would be a leader.  Whatever you do, do not push. Swimming is a HUGE burnout sport. [/quote]

I would rather have my kid swim last in a faster group than first in a slower. The only change that she will see mid season in this group would be her daighter’s times stalled and times of those moved up improving. Unless she trains on a side.
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Exactly. OP here. DD knows if she has any chance of achieving her goals for SC season, she will have to train on the side until the rest is sorted out. DD had a private lesson with an outside coach to supplement her training on Sunday and will probably continue to do so if she desires. We aren't going to push her into that if she's not enjoying it. She did a 3000m LC workout and was fine with it. I showed her private coach the workout that her club group did on Tuesday and he said that she is well past that pace of training. She is concerned that she's leading the group and not being motivated by faster swimmers. I guess it's bound to happen to everyone at some point. DD doesn't want to shop around for clubs. She likes her club and team members. She just wants them to recognize her growth and put her in the appropriate pace of group. DH thinks that DD should be the one to address it with her HC. DD is sooooo shy and wants me to do it. We are waiting it out until she has current times from the first meet, and supplementing in the meantime.

There is no way that previous poster's kid made AAA times training 3x a week. They must be misinformed or intentionally being inflammatory.[/quote]

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