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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We as parents have to acknowledge that the sport is changing. To swim at a competive mid major 20 years ago you only needed to be like a 1:45 in the 200 free for boys and now you have to be sub 1:42 to even get a look at ANY D1 school and it’s just getting faster.

People may have been successful in getting to swim D1 swimming by swimming 3 days a week until high school in the past but it’s obvious that you are going to have to do ALOT more to be able to go sub 1:40 at 17 than go sub 1:45 at 17 and that difference isn’t just in a 2-3 year timeframe.[/quote]

Horseshit.  Training has improved.  There still is not a need to overtrain.  This is a myth.  And I didn't swim 20 years ago.  I swim FIVE years ago and coach now.[/quote]
I wouldn’t say it’s a myth since it’s undisputed that the larger clubs have practice requirements for their elite age groupers that exceed 3 days a week. A minimum of 4 or 5 (which means that 5 or 6 is really what is expected) seems to be the norm from age 11-14. [/quote]

And that’s one path.  No one is disputing that.  What we are saying is that there are other paths and it is still possible to not be in a top level group at a younger age and still develop to be a top swimmer when you are older.  Burnout risks were there 25 years ago, same as today.  I’d argue even more than ever that being an athlete is super important in swimming and playing multiple sports rather than having your 11 year old swim 5 practices a week is a better strategy in the long run.  I’ll bet on the 12 year old swimming 3 times a week and playing two other sports over the 12 year old swimming 5-6 times a week in the long run.

Also, a lot of parents see the success stories of top kids at huge clubs like Rmsc or ncap and think “hey their approach of having kids swim a lot as age groupers must work.”  But what you don’t see are the countless kids that burnout at these clubs too.  That’s what a lot of people are pointing out.  (This is generalizing with Rmsc and ncap of course, some groups and coaches are better than others at managing this).

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