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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child is a swimmer, many of the fastest of whom get recruited at the end of Sophomore year, so that is when you really know.

I remember my child’s age group coach saying that they can never tell- the kids they thought were total winners at 9/10 or 11/12 didn’t end up as much, and there were kids who were slower at those ages that got recruited in HS.

I think the Katie Ledeckys and Michael Phelps of the world are really the exception and for the most part you have to wait until HS (and boys start getting really fast after HS)[/quote]

As a board member at a big club, your coach is blowing smoke. The coaches almost always have a good idea which kids will eventually be recruited by 11/12. And swimmers who are mediocre at those ages but suddenly become very fast are very, very few and far between. It’s not just times at the young ages, it’s watching them in the water. Work ethic is part of it too. The coaches talk and are almost always right. [/quote]

I think you can tell which kids have the potential and which kids just don't, but you don't know which girls will end up being 5'1 and which ones will be 5'10. Swimming is a sport where height and shoulder width are very very important and you don't know until puberty which kids will end up big and strong enough [/quote]

Maybe the coaches knew, but I had a B/BB swimmer at age 11-12. She loved the sport and just kept at it, but we didn't think much of it in terms of college. Then she put up sectionals cuts at 14 and futures cuts at 15. They kept moving her up in groups, so maybe the coaches saw something and it was only a surprise to me. So I guess I'm validating your post that the coaches know their business? :)[/quote]

The coach was just collecting a check. If your kid was not there another would step in and keep paying. [/quote]

Truth [/quote]

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