Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 11:19     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Swim Tiburones might be a good option but is in Rockville/Germantown/Gaithersburg so might not be that convenient for you.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 11:02     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Anonymous wrote:There are kids at NCAP who don't have A times for sure. There are some fast kids but also others who pay so they fill the lanes.

A lot of times these are the kids that started at age 8 but never got very fast. Those kids are then funneled through ultimately to Gold 3.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 10:33     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
QOSA has a lot of different options. If you don't want to commit to the team, you can do swim team prep once a week.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 10:14     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Agreed that I wouldn't pay premium price for fitness-level swimming. Which SDS site did you try?
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 09:46     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
There are kids at NCAP who don't have A times for sure. There are some fast kids but also others who pay so they fill the lanes.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 09:39     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Try a different Tollefson group, and your kid doesn’t need A times to swim with ASA, or NCAP. Maybe look into TIBU? Maybe try out for RMSC- you never know what kids age up and spots will open.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 08:56     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Anonymous wrote:YMCA?


NP - this is your best bet close to Bethesda, OP. There aren't many other close-by options. If you're willing to drive, QOSA or Machine (at Fairland or College Park) are other good options. Technically NCAP has less intense levels, but very few kids get into those groups. Same with RMSC.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 08:44     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
YMCA?
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 17:20     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Looking for a swim program for my 13 year old that is year round. He’s a good swimmer, swims in our summer A meets, but he’s not a rock star. Times aren’t fast enough for ASA or NCAP or anything like that. We used to do Sea Devils and were not happy with them. He also did Toll stroke and turn and endurance but the other kids were learning strokes and he didn’t feel he was getting much out of it for the insane price.

The hope is he can make his high school swim team but I know he needs to swim this off season for that to happen. Any suggestions for programs would be much appreciated. We are in bethesda and ideally would find something close by.


try RMSC's KSAC site, not so many kids 13 & over will try that, especailly before it reopens in 2028.

https://rmscswimming.com/rmsc-20252026-season-tryout-information-montgomery-county-recreation-sites


We are at KSAC, they are full. I wouldn't count on it but it may be easier. City of Rockville has preteam and stroke and turn.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 17:20     Subject: Re:Year round swim for mid level swimmer
PP - Sorry, missed the Bethesda mention.

Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 17:18     Subject: Re:Year round swim for mid level swimmer
I'm assuming you are in MoCo - are there summer teams in MoCo that offer winter options? What about any programs at the JCC?
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 17:10     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Anonymous wrote:Looking for a swim program for my 13 year old that is year round. He’s a good swimmer, swims in our summer A meets, but he’s not a rock star. Times aren’t fast enough for ASA or NCAP or anything like that. We used to do Sea Devils and were not happy with them. He also did Toll stroke and turn and endurance but the other kids were learning strokes and he didn’t feel he was getting much out of it for the insane price.

The hope is he can make his high school swim team but I know he needs to swim this off season for that to happen. Any suggestions for programs would be much appreciated. We are in bethesda and ideally would find something close by.


try RMSC's KSAC site, not so many kids 13 & over will try that, especailly before it reopens in 2028.

https://rmscswimming.com/rmsc-20252026-season-tryout-information-montgomery-county-recreation-sites
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 16:56     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
You do realize that clubs like NCAP and most clubs offer a variety of practice groups? Don’t need to be AAA/AAAA and above. I would talk to other families who have club swimmers in locations you’re interested in. Different clubs and sites within a club have sub cultures.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 16:44     Subject: Year round swim for mid level swimmer
Looking for a swim program for my 13 year old that is year round. He’s a good swimmer, swims in our summer A meets, but he’s not a rock star. Times aren’t fast enough for ASA or NCAP or anything like that. We used to do Sea Devils and were not happy with them. He also did Toll stroke and turn and endurance but the other kids were learning strokes and he didn’t feel he was getting much out of it for the insane price.

The hope is he can make his high school swim team but I know he needs to swim this off season for that to happen. Any suggestions for programs would be much appreciated. We are in bethesda and ideally would find something close by.