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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thx. Do any of the sites have groups that require less of a commitment than others, or at least a Sep - May program only? How do swimmers with ncap travel in the summer or even go to camps if they are required to swim 11 months a year?[/quote]

No, NCap is a centrally-run team despite all the different locations, so they all practice the same amount. However as a 9 yo, they won’t be swimming after June. They are expected to join a summer swim team, however. The 11 month commitment is for 11 yos and up. A lot of 11/12 yos will go to a few weeks of camp here and there but they too go summer league + NCap.

When you get to around 13, you can choose your commitment level- there are two different groups, one that practices 3 or 4 x week so that kids can do outside sports, and one that practices 5-6 x week with early morning practices and has a lot of meets (the kid has to be fast to get into this group, tho.) High school is same thing- but the highest group is a big time commitment including travel and very few days off- but most kids quit by then!

There are other teams in the area that are less intense- Sea Devils and Tollefson (sp?) come to mind. It will be easy to tell if your kid is a fit for NCap- they’ll either love it or they won’t, and the ones that do, well, the parents seem to make it work.[/quote]

At our NCAP location everyone swims until the end of July (including my 8 yr old).  Only one group for older kids is 9 months. [/quote]

This is incorrect.  The 11 month program is for Bronze 1/2 and Silver 1/2 and its generally for 9 years and older.  So lots of 9 year old swim 11 months out of the year.[/quote]

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