HS Swim Team - any experience?

[iambrutus]

When you have 10 heats (8 swimmers per heat) for the 50 freestyle, then you know you're in summer swim. Yeah, per gender. Easiest stroke, so everyone teaches it, or simply does it. The longer events, and the more complex strokes shrink the field(s) proportionally. If your kid is able, have them do the IM (individual medley), as the ability to swim all four strokes is very difficult. Hardest event is the 500 butterfly, as the butter takes more out of you than you think possible. In the IM, daughter would usually lead or be second in first stroke (back), and power her way to first after the fly, and third leg, the breaststroke would kick her back to 4-5, and then she'd regain to 2-3 with free. Kept working on the breast until she injured shoulder, so no butterfly, and thus, no IM.

My son is 200IM focused, hell bent on making it to state this year in that event. he only swam it 2 times last season, but fell in love with it because of how hard it is. summer swim doesn't have it, so he's been rotating between the different strokes to start fine tuning things. really proud of his hard work

 

[calibuck]

You might want to take his individual stroke times (for each stroke), and maybe time him when he does his IM. See how much he improves on each leg. Unspoken, his turns from stroke to stroke can make/break him, so those deserve practice minutes as well. In Summer Swim, have him sign up for each individual stroke, so he can judge his times dropping. And, since bribery works, we let our daughter pick where we went to dinner if she posted two personal bests in a meet. Needless to say, we had more than several Happy Meals, then she graduated to Home Town Buffets, and when she got to white table cloth dinners, she was in college. Great times, enjoy them, as they are oh so fleeting. PS, 200IM is a great event. When he gets older, stronger, more stamina, the 400IM might be his event.

 

[iambrutus]

You might want to take his individual stroke times (for each stroke), and maybe time him when he does his IM. See how much he improves on each leg. Unspoken, his turns from stroke to stroke can make/break him, so those deserve practice minutes as well. In Summer Swim, have him sign up for each individual stroke, so he can judge his times dropping. And, since bribery works, we let our daughter pick where we went to dinner if she posted two personal bests in a meet. Needless to say, we had more than several Happy Meals, then she graduated to Home Town Buffets, and when she got to white table cloth dinners, she was in college. Great times, enjoy them, as they are oh so fleeting. PS, 200IM is a great event. When he gets older, stronger, more stamina, the 400IM might be his event.

He wants to swim the 400, but its not done in the HS meets around here, so if he does it will be in college