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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As you are new to the sport it is understandable you have questions but please read all the comments.  Swim is first and foremost fun, then it is good coaching and learning technique, then it is talent, and finally it is personal drive.

So, so many kids have it early and excel (one of mine did) but then growth spurts, physiology, other interests, burn out. My dc was beating your dc every day, every year until about 14. Your guy caught up, surpassed size, natural talent across the sports highly exhibited, and demonstrated drive to win and started beating mine. Both stayed friends and neither wanted to swim in college.

Have fun. My goal was always to look at his face after every heat. If he smiled, I smiled. If he was disappointed, I hugged and said not a word. I never recorded one race as I wanted to be in the moment. So many parents film it and never really just experience the race. It is really easy to get caught up in the swim culture as a parent. It is not good. At 7, you have no idea where his real talent, passion, drive lay.[/quote]

Well said.[/quote]

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