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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d change the age rule to 6/30 or sometime around then so 1/2 way through the season[/quote]

I still don’t see a need to change the current rule. It works regardless of what FCPS does with its calendar. But if they had to change it, this would be the best of the options. And more consistent with what I’ve seen in other seasonal sports. [/quote]

What? You’d have kids age up in the middle of the season? Terrible idea.

No other sports (eg baseball, soccer, basketball) have I seen kids compete in a different groups/teams because they hit a birthday. Usually your age group is the age group for the entire season.

The NVSL season is so short, what maybe 6-8 weeks. Is it really that deep that a kid compete for an extra 3 weeks being older than competitors? Seriously…[/quote]
Not the PP, but I think they were saying you swim the whole season based on the age you will be on June 30. I’m strongly opposed to that too, but wanted to clarify what I think they meant. But I don’t love making an 8 year old swim up for those first several weeks. How is that more fair than a 9 year old swimming down?

Not to rehash this, but I think people really overestimate the advantages of a summer birthday. The fastest kids in the NVSL are usually just fast swimmers, period, not the swimmers that have a “good summer swim birthday”. My winter birthday kid is far more successful in summer swim than my June birthday kid, even when the June one is swimming with younger kids. And that winter kid is beating the kids that are swimming down for their true age. I have a broad NVSL network and this holds pretty true.  [/quote]

I’m pretty sure the 15 year old boy physically has an advantage over my 13 year old and my 13 year old is fast[/quote]

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