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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those kids that do year round swimming, how many days do your kids practice in the winter/spring? our kid is 6 and she does 1x a week during the fall/spring.[/quote]

[b]That is probably right amount for a 6 year old[/b].  My DD is 11 and swims 4x a week, Sept - May, and then they move to long course and its 3x a week, June - July.  [/quote]

I agree, my kids swam once per week in Kindergarten (6), then joined a team in 1st grade and usually swam twice a week. They progressed from there: 3-4 practices in later elementary, 5 in middle school, more in HS (if they wanted to!). There is a lot of time in front of you, our goal was to keep swimming year to year as long as they enjoyed it. [/quote] 3-4 times a week is a lot for 4th and 5th graders. My 9yo 4th grader does twice a week. I guess maybe that’s why she’s not winning in any meets tho lol. I’m ok with it, she’s happy. [/quote]

If she is happy, that is great and probably the best metric, imo.  My kid swam 3x in 4th and that was a good amount for her (except for Covid when it was much less, which she really didn’t like).  There is no one formula for kids.  It also probably depends on the length, intensity and social fit of practice.  We are all just trying our best. :)[/quote]

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