I think its worst for girls to be denied decent practice. Many high school programs still have girls practice as much or even less yardage than master teams. I read this on the net, that one girl commented that they only practice 2,000 yards, while the boys I remember in high school had workouts of yardage between 5,000 to 10,000 befored they tapered. So, this ruling hurts girl swimmers more. This is the state of Missouri of course. This is from Phillip Whitten on the swimming world news on the internet. We complain about college programs being elimnated for boys or young men but what about the unfair treatment of girls in high school sports that can't practice on a USA swim Team during their high school years.
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Here's personal account in regards to why I believe you should be able to swim both. In college one of my water polo team mates started off in High School as a basketball player, quite good ball handling skills, tall and lean his sophomore year he ended up getting injured - no more basketball. He wanted to do some sports thought about swimming, had taken lessons when he was in grade school-but didn't want to wear a speedo. They finally convinced him to swim and seemed like a natural. He took up swimming for a club, played polo and swam High School but also swam club. His senior year he won CIF (I believe 100 free and 100 back) he also qualified for senior nationals and ended up getting a full ride in college.
The fact that High School and club swimming are both interlinked - had the High School swimmers never gotten him involved he would have never become a swimmer and have the college opportunities- if he only swam High School and not club he would probably would not have develop his swim skills to the point where he would have colleges looking at him.
Add to this the fact that PE and physical activity for children continues to decline any restrictions would help this downward trend.
Here's personal account in regards to why I believe you should be able to swim both. In college one of my water polo team mates started off in High School as a basketball player, quite good ball handling skills, tall and lean his sophomore year he ended up getting injured - no more basketball. He wanted to do some sports thought about swimming, had taken lessons when he was in grade school-but didn't want to wear a speedo. They finally convinced him to swim and seemed like a natural. He took up swimming for a club, played polo and swam High School but also swam club. His senior year he won CIF (I believe 100 free and 100 back) he also qualified for senior nationals and ended up getting a full ride in college.
The fact that High School and club swimming are both interlinked - had the High School swimmers never gotten him involved he would have never become a swimmer and have the college opportunities- if he only swam High School and not club he would probably would not have develop his swim skills to the point where he would have colleges looking at him.
Add to this the fact that PE and physical activity for children continues to decline any restrictions would help this downward trend.
