I have a 12 year old son who has been swimming USA-s for 5 years.
He loves swimming.
He just came home from an intensive swim camp(overnite) that lasted 5 days.
He also attended this camp last year.
Last year when he returned from camp he was hesitant to return to his team. He loved the training at camp. I brushed it off.
This year he's upset about returning to his usa-s team again and quite disgusted. After 5 days of learn new drills and almost revamping mosts of his races he just regrets training with his team. He says he loves the people but hates the sets. He says they have been doing the same drills for the past 5 years.
Now as a parent I have observed the coach writing a workout on the white board and then just spacing off but since I'm a new swimmer..i figured..what did I know?
What do I do...change teams???? We are saturated here in western pa.
He's not a diva but a technically beautiful swimmer. And he loves his sport.
Would it hurt to drop a year around club and he would just swim middle school?? Or find him another USA-s team?
Thanks for reading and any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
I live in W PA too and while we are saturated with teams, I'm sure you know they are not all created equally. That, and of course, the commute can be a killer just crossing from the North side to the South side, etc. Teams have their own personalities, but if he's enjoying his teammates, that is worth a fortune. The greatest technique coaches in the world can't overcome the negative vibe that could come from a group he doesn't gel with. My :2cents:.
I live in W PA too and while we are saturated with teams, I'm sure you know they are not all created equally. That, and of course, the commute can be a killer just crossing from the North side to the South side, etc. Teams have their own personalities, but if he's enjoying his teammates, that is worth a fortune. The greatest technique coaches in the world can't overcome the negative vibe that could come from a group he doesn't gel with. My :2cents:.
