Our pool only has morning practices and the middle age group swims from 10-11. Its not for people who need group childcare/"camp" during the workday. People will miss certain weeks to do a camp here and there, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

We get a summer babysitter and miss one week of swim and diving team for a camp. This year it’s soccer. Our swim team ends the 3rd week of July so that leaves one more July week for a different camp. When my kid is old enough for sleepaway camp, they will do second session of camp and miss swim championships, but they’re ok with that.

Thanks... So if swim team is only one hour mid day and both parents work, you get a babysitter to drive to swim practice and then deliver to camp late? Or just a full season babysitter? I was expecting team practice to be from 7-8 or 8-9am, not in the middle of the day.

I've never seen a practice in the middle of the day.

Our pool the youngest kids swim first.

10 and under -- 8:00 to 8:50
11 - 13 -- 8:50 to 9:40
14 and up 9:40 - 10:30 (doesn't need camp
Preteam (which a working parent could just skip) 10:30 - 11:00

At 11:00 the pool opens to the general public.

Afternoon, it's

10 and under: 4:30 -- 5:20
11 - 13 5:20 - 6:10
14 and up 6:10 - 7:00

So, 10 and under, you can go and then drop at a camp that starts at 9:00
11 - 13, do a full day of camp and then bike to practice or something

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Anonymous wrote:This is part of being a swimmer. Yes it’s cold. They get used to it. Make sure to teach them what to do if they get a muscle cramp so they don’t freak out in the water.

This is my kids 4th year of swimming (in other states) but they have never swum in an unheated/cold pool. What do you do for a muscle cramp? They love swimming and summer swim but I think they will refuse. I don’t blame them. Can they wear wet suits? What do people do?

No people don’t wear wet suits. They swim to warm up. I’m seriously shocked by this discussion. It’s cold at the beginning of baseball. Soccer plays in the pouring rain. I don’t see how a cold start to summer swim is any different.

The younger ones do, especially new to swimming. Older don't Soccer and swimming are very different.

I have a baseball player and a soccer player who both do summer swim. They both put on extra clothes when it's really cold on the diamond or pitch.

Also, little kids don't play soccer in the pouring rain. They don't start playign in the pouring rain till they're old enough to be prioritized for the turf fields, but which point they are running most of the game (and wearing something warm in between).

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

We get a summer babysitter and miss one week of swim and diving team for a camp. This year it’s soccer. Our swim team ends the 3rd week of July so that leaves one more July week for a different camp. When my kid is old enough for sleepaway camp, they will do second session of camp and miss swim championships, but they’re ok with that.

Thanks... So if swim team is only one hour mid day and both parents work, you get a babysitter to drive to swim practice and then deliver to camp late? Or just a full season babysitter? I was expecting team practice to be from 7-8 or 8-9am, not in the middle of the day.

Or, you go to a pool with evening practices. We just switched to a pool with evening practices so kid could do a summer class. Otherwise, ether parent takes off, hire someone or carpool. We never did camp and swim team except if camp was in the PM.

Our pool has a choice of morning or evening practices.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

Swim team is for SAHMs and Nannies.

Ours has a special early practice for kids who to go to camp. The rest usually do have stay at home moms or a babysitter with them throughout the summer.

my kid wore three swim shirts, much cheaper than a wetsuit.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

Swim team is for SAHMs and Nannies.

Anonymous wrote:i worry though about my kid falling behind, the first week seems important. should i consider investing in a wetsuit?

If your kid is year round, they aren't. If they are summer only, its hard to compete with kids who swim a few times a week in the winter. We own wetsuits but when kids got older they rarely wear them s they swim year round and are used to it. When they were little with lessons, we did.

This is par for the course for most swim teams around here. Last week our pool posted it’s temperature on Twitter and it went about 1° Up per day, but once it rained and cold came it fell down 5°. It’s typically mid June before our pool is even close to warm enough for the kids not to have the blue lip/chattering.

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Anonymous wrote:This is part of being a swimmer. Yes it’s cold. They get used to it. Make sure to teach them what to do if they get a muscle cramp so they don’t freak out in the water.

This is my kids 4th year of swimming (in other states) but they have never swum in an unheated/cold pool. What do you do for a muscle cramp? They love swimming and summer swim but I think they will refuse. I don’t blame them. Can they wear wet suits? What do people do?

No people don’t wear wet suits. They swim to warm up. I’m seriously shocked by this discussion. It’s cold at the beginning of baseball. Soccer plays in the pouring rain. I don’t see how a cold start to summer swim is any different.

The younger ones do, especially new to swimming. Older don't Soccer and swimming are very different.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

We get a summer babysitter and miss one week of swim and diving team for a camp. This year it’s soccer. Our swim team ends the 3rd week of July so that leaves one more July week for a different camp. When my kid is old enough for sleepaway camp, they will do second session of camp and miss swim championships, but they’re ok with that.

Thanks... So if swim team is only one hour mid day and both parents work, you get a babysitter to drive to swim practice and then deliver to camp late? Or just a full season babysitter? I was expecting team practice to be from 7-8 or 8-9am, not in the middle of the day.

Or, you go to a pool with evening practices. We just switched to a pool with evening practices so kid could do a summer class. Otherwise, ether parent takes off, hire someone or carpool. We never did camp and swim team except if camp was in the PM.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

We get a summer babysitter and miss one week of swim and diving team for a camp. This year it’s soccer. Our swim team ends the 3rd week of July so that leaves one more July week for a different camp. When my kid is old enough for sleepaway camp, they will do second session of camp and miss swim championships, but they’re ok with that.

Thanks... So if swim team is only one hour mid day and both parents work, you get a babysitter to drive to swim practice and then deliver to camp late? Or just a full season babysitter? I was expecting team practice to be from 7-8 or 8-9am, not in the middle of the day.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone clue me in on how people make swim practices from 9-10am (or even later) happen with summer camps etc?

We get a summer babysitter and miss one week of swim and diving team for a camp. This year it’s soccer. Our swim team ends the 3rd week of July so that leaves one more July week for a different camp. When my kid is old enough for sleepaway camp, they will do second session of camp and miss swim championships, but they’re ok with that.

not really good with pool temps, what would a good safe temp be? over 84?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it usually this cold at the start of summer swim? The water temp is probably 70 degrees, if that, with all the rain and colder weather this weekend. Do teams make younger kids jump in anyway? My daughter is in the 9-10 and hates cold water. Literally turns blue, lips chattering. I don't think she's going to be able to swim. This is our first year, so curious if this is normal.

You think it's 70, or it's been measured at 70? Big difference. Mine complained about how cold it was, but it measures at 85 (it's been heated all winter). That still feels cold when it's cold and rainy out, especially to skinny little kids. But it's good for swimming in cold weather, too warm in warm weather.

What summer swim outdoor pool is heated?!

Dominion Hills. NCAP used it all winter. Pool water was 80+

Same with belle have n