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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The swimmer is at Chinquapin and Mt. Vernon.  They are in the water six days a week.  They are not even a teen yet.  Yes, it is happening.  The swimmer's parents pushed for it and have been pushing since their swimmer was 10, Barry finally gave in when the swimmer turned 12.[/quote]
The # of days in the water wouldn’t be so much of a concern for me. I’m fairly certain I know who you’re taking about, and my kid in the same age group (with a big club) is in the water 5-6 days a week. The difference is the actual training my kid is doing is geared toward kids that are 11-13 years old not HS kids. [/quote]

You should be concerned. Swimming 5-6 days a week before high school is insanity. -Former d1 swimmer whose daughter is 11, swims 3 days a week and still finals at JOs. [/quote]
I’m not. My kid has not been injured or had any aches and pains. She’s training appropriately for her age. I’m calling BS that she was 11 last year and finaled at JOs training 3 days a week. You can final at age 10 with that but once you get past the 10U group you are way behind the curve if you’re only in the water 3 days a week. [/quote]

That is far from true.  My made JOs at 11-12 with 3 day a week practices and I know lots of kids that do.  I agree that at 13, five days a week is the standard.[/quote]
The PP was talking about making finals, not just making JOs. It takes about an A time to make JOs, which is not that difficult for a talented kid to do in the shorter events. [/quote]

But swimming that much that early is way too soon to be pulling the yardage lever for improvement.  You do that with older kids to have them start dropping time. As a swimmer, I just think that an 11 or 12 year old swimming that much is a recipe for disaster.  It is very short sighted. If you look at the trajectory of top swimmers they are good at that age and make steady increases and time drops as technique improves and yardage is added. It prevents injuries and burn out, and keeps them through the sport so they can make Nationals, D1, or the Olympics.[/quote]
It depends on the actual training they are doing. My swimmer’s practice is 90 minutes max and they are not doing a crazy amount of yardage. The number of days you are in the water isn’t the problem, it’s whether the training being done on those days is age and developmentally appropriate. [/quote]

I think that is the outrage of an 11-12 year old training with a senior group.  It just is not appropriate. That group is going to do a lot of yards in addition to intense resistant work.[/quote]

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