Judging by the number of hits this site has received in the last 24 hours, I am guessing that I struck a cord with my previous post on Age Group Swimming.
The number of practices, length of practices, the amount of fun, and the amount of physical and social growth are all elements that can affect a young swimmers interest in the sport of swimming. It is easy to stay interested when they are having fun, improving quickly, and they are not making huge time sacrifices to be at practice.
Somewhere around age 13-14, young swimmers seem to stop having fun, and have to start making big sacrifices of their time to continue improving and growing in the sport of swimming. This is the point that most swimmers throw in the towel and move onto other activities. I personally believe that competitive swimming is at a crossroads. We must change or perish. Who wants to sit in a hot pool all day to watch their kid swim four 30 second races? I would much rather watch those same four 30 second races in an hour, and then spend my afternoon talking about the fun we had at the swim meet. Read my previous post and Wayne Goldsmith's article, and let your voice be heard. Leave a comment.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
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That couldn't be more true!! Just recently i went to a 5 day swim meet, and was thinking just the same thing
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