We only have access to a LC pool once a week starting in June. Most kids will go to 4-5 LCM meets and one SCY meet. Sectionals and above will go to an additional LCM meet, so 6 total. Our first LCM meet was last week, and the last one will be the last week of July. Kids are usually pretty tired by then, and most age groupers from our team who qualified will skip age group zones. Not sure if this is usual, but our LSC mandates team travel at zones for 11+ and a lot of families don’t want to do that.

There are 8 practices as week, and even with doubles a couple of times a week, it works out that both my 14 and 17 year olds are able to have jobs over the summer, which is great.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

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Anonymous wrote:How many LC Meets does your team/practice group put on the schedule + when does your pool switch practice to LC?
- Our 12Us only do 2 LC meets and practice doesn’t switch to LC lanes until school is out (after all but championship LC meets are over).

Us, as well. Perhaps the same club. I know some clubs never get to practice LC.

I think NCAP gets to sooner than most and more of them.

NCAP Burke only attends 2 LC meets and doesn’t practice in a long course pool until after school ends. I think some of the NCAP West sites have LC practice pretty early in Spring though, and it seems West and Tysons have quite a bit more LC meets than Burke. So it is really all over the place. I wonder if the teams that practice at GMU and St James get an earlier LC practice. Without having access to a LC pool, it seems the first meet is really just practice on how to race 50 meter laps.

The high performing 13 and over groups at NCAP West use the Freedom Center to do LC practice, I don’t know when that starts though. Having access to a LC pool is half the battle since there are far fewer LC pools. Meet choices also depend on the practice group at some of these sites. I have an older swimmer and 2 of their pre PVS LC champs meets are super sectionals and NCAP Elite, they do not attend May Magic or some of the other meets that are listed as options for our site.

Anonymous wrote:The person who wrote 4-5 also wrote depending on if they choose to go to summer NCSAs so I read that as 3 before PVS Champs, then potentially the local and a national level summer champs meets.

I’m the poster you’re mentioning and that’s correct, 3 pre-champs LC meets, PVS champs and then potentially summer NCSA.

The person who wrote 4-5 also wrote depending on if they choose to go to summer NCSAs so I read that as 3 before PVS Champs, then potentially the local and a national level summer champs meets.

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Anonymous wrote:How many LC Meets does your team/practice group put on the schedule + when does your pool switch practice to LC?
- Our 12Us only do 2 LC meets and practice doesn’t switch to LC lanes until school is out (after all but championship LC meets are over).

Us, as well. Perhaps the same club. I know some clubs never get to practice LC.

I think NCAP gets to sooner than most and more of them.

NCAP Burke only attends 2 LC meets and doesn’t practice in a long course pool until after school ends. I think some of the NCAP West sites have LC practice pretty early in Spring though, and it seems West and Tysons have quite a bit more LC meets than Burke. So it is really all over the place. I wonder if the teams that practice at GMU and St James get an earlier LC practice. Without having access to a LC pool, it seems the first meet is really just practice on how to race 50 meter laps.

Our 12&U, which means a number of 13 y/os swim 3 LC meets before champs. They never practice in a long course pool.

Too many. 4-5?

We have onex2-day meet, 2x1-day meets and then champs. We don’t practice LC until summer!

13 and over swimmer, and they will end up swimming 4-5 LC meets, depending on whether they choose to go to summer NCSA.

11-12 year olds from our club swim 3 regular meets and those who qualify swim at PVS champs and/or zones.

Anonymous wrote:How many LC Meets does your team/practice group put on the schedule + when does your pool switch practice to LC?
- Our 12Us only do 2 LC meets and practice doesn’t switch to LC lanes until school is out (after all but championship LC meets are over).

LC season is so short. Usually you get two full meets then champs. Oftentimes if you have three meets it is just two meets that have Sundays so as not to conflict with summer.

Anonymous wrote:How many LC Meets does your team/practice group put on the schedule + when does your pool switch practice to LC?
- Our 12Us only do 2 LC meets and practice doesn’t switch to LC lanes until school is out (after all but championship LC meets are over).

Us, as well. Perhaps the same club. I know some clubs never get to practice LC.

I think NCAP gets to sooner than most and more of them.

How many LC Meets does your team/practice group put on the schedule + when does your pool switch practice to LC?
- Our 12Us only do 2 LC meets and practice doesn’t switch to LC lanes until school is out (after all but championship LC meets are over).