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re: If any of y'all have a child that swims competitively, we can all celebrate.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:09 am to nicholastiger
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:09 am to nicholastiger
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Any youth sports these days are about how much money the family is willing to spend to be the best!
Yet it still, and will always, come down to genetics and God-given talent.
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Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:09 am to patnuh
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My kid is into it. I think it’s a great sport for kids today. There is a clear winner and loser - scores are kept. Not everyone gets a trophy.
That said, we are only a couple years in and haven’t hit the pace you’re at yet. I’m curious to see if my kid stays interested or if it gets to be a job.
What I like about it is that you can compete with yourself. While he didn't qualify for the best of the south in this weekend's sectionals, he improved all of his times. So, every meet can be win, even if you don't place.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:12 am to Ten Bears
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that at age 14, my kid would have a personal swim coach, a breaststroke coach, and a frickin personal strength coach - all above and beyond his regular practices which are 2 hours a day and 3 hours on Saturday.
And still will never touch 2:00 in the 200IM, go sub 1:00 in the breast, and never go under :50 for free, back, or fly. But there's still hope he will make a State final with relay.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:13 am to patnuh
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I’m curious to see if my kid stays interested or if it gets to be a job.
It's a tough sport for sure. Ours eventually lost the love for club swimming but will probably swim for her high school team.
Early mornings, late afternoons, long practices, lots of time spent just looking down at the black line.
To me, one of the biggest issues is the long course season. Unless the kids plans to swim in college there is really no need to put middle school and junior high age kids through months of training, throughout the entire summer, training for events they will never swim in high school. Most kids, even on club teams, won't even swim competitively again after high school so you've got the masses going through training that is really applicable to a few.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:20 am to When in Rome
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Is your kid named Brayden, Jayden, Aiden, or Braxton by chance?
This board has serious insecurities about other people's kids being active/competitive. Your kids must be arse at sports.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:22 am to Ten Bears
Swam from 8-21 and for LSU, I was better at long course. Wasn’t the best at flip turns, broke up my momentum. College was about 25 hours swimming per week plus weights 3 x a week, plus training room before and after. Hard as hell
This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:25 am to Ten Bears
Do the moms get drunk at the hotel and act like whores??
If not yall need to step up your game.
If not yall need to step up your game.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:31 am to Hold That Tiger 10
It was a joke baw
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:32 am to Ten Bears
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my kid would have a personal swim coach, a breaststroke coach, and a frickin personal strength coach
Seriously? I would have just let talent take over at 14…but I can relate. Just trying to get our son to college happy and healthy…their nutrition and weight program will get him where he needs to be. Coaches seem fine with that anyway.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:32 am to Ten Bears
My son has been swimming on a team since he was 4. We never did year around due to logistics. He can compete with the year around kids but he is definitely at a disadvantage. Now that he is in high school and can drive himself I enrolled him in the year around program in Thibodaux. The coach there sees a lot of raw talent and thinks he will benefit greatly when high school meets resume in the fall.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:41 am to Ten Bears
Short course was my jam back in the day 
I only had tow coaches tho.
I only had tow coaches tho.Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:42 am to DaBeerz
Swimming really is a brutal sport. It’s fantastic and brutal all at once. It’s the hardest sport I ever did. Not saying getting beat up on the football field is easier, by any stretch. But, I did distance swimming and the mental challenge of those events at a higher level is as much as the physical. Staring at that black line, feeling like you’re going to puke and you’ve only just begun. There were meets that I’d get out of the pool after a really hard race and my lips would be so blue, and not from the temperature of the water. There were several events I’d get out the water and go straight to the bathroom to vomit. Electrolyte up, protein, move on and get ready for championship heats. I honestly do not miss competitive swimming.
Probably why my workouts “have to” be so hard for me as an adult. I don’t feel like I’ve worked out unless I’ve almost died.
Probably why my workouts “have to” be so hard for me as an adult. I don’t feel like I’ve worked out unless I’ve almost died.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:44 am to tigerbandpiccolo
I never swam anything over a 200 except for a 500 free once and after that once race I never wanted to fricking do that ever again.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:46 am to nicholastiger
my daughter just completed her last competitive races with Regionals. She did club for a bit and did quite well but she limped through this last year as a Victory Lap with her high school team. She was burnt out of the sport by Sophomore year.
For those asking about costs for club swim: I can say that it is light years less expensive than dance, cheer, or volleyball. As club team sports go, it's a bargain.
But use her as a cautionary tale: you will hear lots of people say that swimming is a great sport and easy on the body. This is far from true at the club level (easy on the body). Lots of great swimmers, especially girls, taken out with shoulder injury or repetitive motion problems. Turns out swimming 3 hours a day is rough on a person's body.
She HATED long course as a sprinter.
I'm quite glad she stuck through this year as she had a blast just enjoying her friends and esprit de corps.
For those asking about costs for club swim: I can say that it is light years less expensive than dance, cheer, or volleyball. As club team sports go, it's a bargain.
But use her as a cautionary tale: you will hear lots of people say that swimming is a great sport and easy on the body. This is far from true at the club level (easy on the body). Lots of great swimmers, especially girls, taken out with shoulder injury or repetitive motion problems. Turns out swimming 3 hours a day is rough on a person's body.
She HATED long course as a sprinter.
I'm quite glad she stuck through this year as she had a blast just enjoying her friends and esprit de corps.
This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 11:47 am
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:48 am to Jobu93
quote:While easier on the body than other sports, I had shoulder issues and back issues from it.
But use her as a cautionary tale: you will hear lots of people say that swimming is a great sport and easy on the body.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:51 am to tigafan4life
Yeah, because it’s awful. 500 or above is vomit territory. Maybe I’m subconsciously keeping my kids out to avoid that PTSD
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:52 am to Jobu93
I had both shoulders reconstructed at age 21-22. Was swimming 50+ miles a week at times
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:54 am to tigerbandpiccolo
quote:I am going to force the boy to do it. I have paid wayyyy too much fricking money for dance with the girls. Ready for a cheap sport.
Maybe I’m subconsciously keeping my kids out to avoid that PTSD
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:55 am to Ten Bears
"I never, in a million years, would believe that at age 14, my kid would have a personal swim coach, a breaststroke coach, and a frickin personal strength coach"
Lord! That many coaches? What club do yall swim for?
Lord! That many coaches? What club do yall swim for?
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:55 am to Jobu93
Swimming is not easy on your body. Maybe less impact for lower body and avoiding knee/ankle injuries more common in other sports… but my shoulders were so jacked by my sophomore year that the ortho surgeon wanted to operate. Dad said no, and instead I had to quit all strokes besides free, hence why I ended up with only 200 free and distance. I loved the IM. But, had to go to PT EVERY DAY between swimming and music practice to avoid surgery.
Endurance is my thing. In life, and in sports. IYKYK.
Endurance is my thing. In life, and in sports. IYKYK.
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