DS swims for Sea Devils out of South Run and it’s usually only 4-5 swimmers per lane.

It's usually 8 for my child which is a bit much. It often results in head on collisions. 5-6 works much better.

Ideal is 2-4. But clubs would go under quickly or you’d have to pay double for that to actually happen.

8 is a lot, but pretty common. 10 is where I would complain.

5-8 kids a lane.

Depends on age and group. The older/higher the group - the more kids in a lane.

Anonymous wrote:What’s the ideal number? My swimmer practices with a group of 9-11 y/o’s and says there are 8 swimmers in the lane during practice. That seems like a high number, but maybe it’s typical?

One. No one ever likes to share lanes.

How many is an idea number depends on the type of practice group and sets/intervals. 8 swimmers in a lane might work if are the kids all go around the same "times", folks are leaving 3 seconds apart and you're maybe only doing 50s-75s. What you're trying to avoid is the lead swimmer "catching-up" to the last kid and the kids swimming on top of each other.

8 is pretty typical, but I think it should be the upper limit.

What’s the ideal number? My swimmer practices with a group of 9-11 y/o’s and says there are 8 swimmers in the lane during practice. That seems like a high number, but maybe it’s typical?