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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you've ever been down to Richmond for their meets you would be blown away by their facilities. Different market obviously, and they have it absolutely cornered. If you are a swimmer in that part of the world they will be your only destination.

Easier to pick-up real estate down there of course, but at their one location (an old Macy's converted into a dedicated NOVA facility) They have their own 50 meter long course pool, drylands right there on site, team store, and so on. I know RMSC has Rockville with a long course pool, but even they have to share that with all of the other things Montgomery County does there.

It would be hard to pull off what they have resource wise up here - but imagine the beauty and simplicity of just dropping your swimmer off at one singular building for everything they need, including meets since they can host meets of any size right there at home! Even better, they can practice anytime they want - it's their facility. We love it here and all, but man they have it figured out down there![/quote]

We crashed a Virginia Swimming clinic a year or so ago, and I was in love with that facility. So smart, especially with the amount of malls going under these days. But Richmond traffic isn’t nothing, and my friends who live in Glen Allen have said the commute to the primary NOVA site is un-doable. Also, the young kids practice a lot more than the young kids at NCAP-Burke and NCAP-West. They have a set of 10 year old girls who are blowing the roof off the top 20 in the U.S. They always seem happy to train and be together, so NOVA may also just have the right kids in the right age groups and the right times.[/quote]

The 9-10 girls at NOVA are pretty much a coincidence of strong talent all at the same age/gender, which is fed by stronger/faster swimmers moving to the team to join a cohort of similar talent. I don’t think it’s the result if some magical formula or coaching - if you look at their current 9-10 boys they are actually pretty weak compared to the other boys within the state/region and don’t hold a candle to the girls. NOVA had/has a similarly strong and talented group of 11-12 boys (they were amazing at NCSAs), some of them have aged up and some are still 12 now. Their 11-12 girls are not nearly as strong. Just the way it goes. [/quote]

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