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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why you would want to wait?  Why can't you go up to substitute coach and say you noticed that at every practice your daughter is ahead of other swimmers by several minutes, is resting too much, and last year did a much harder workout. Ask how the process works to move up. This isn't a free activity, you are paying for it. The worst that can happen is they keep her in the group.[/quote]

They need to get official meet results in October. Saying “my daughter is not challenged, is always first etc. in practice” is subjective opinion of her mom. Times are the only objective measure of her skills for the group placement. If she’s indeed that much faster after the meet than others in her group, then it’s easy to show that her daughter should train by a different program/intervals/yardage. 
But I wouldn’t wait till December. If they can’t move her and don’t take her times into consideration, it means something is off with the team logistics, and mom has to start looking at other teams. I wouldn’t worry too much about her daughter missing her friends or coaches - these kids she currently swims with are not her skills level and they would have parted ways in the future, anyway. Swimmers are happier and socialize better with their training group when they are adequately placed by the skills. 
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