What is the fastest age for a swimmer(mine seems to be faster as i get older and yes i swam as a youngster...now im 37..)?
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Well about summer league swimming. Yes, it helps. Back in the late 1960's and early 1970's, there were a lot of novice programs that were also year round. And I swam over 2 years on them, they are helpful for the 50's and 100's but weaker in developing people in longer distances. The best summer league swimmer I heard was Kristy Kowal, who just swam in summer league and high school, and by the time she was a sophmore in high school she went year round and made the pan-Am team. But the drawback in summer league swimming or novice swimming is that it doesn't develop endurance as much. In community college, I could beat people in the 500 free that just did either summer league or year-round novice swimming that could kill me in a 50 or 100 free.
Well about summer league swimming. Yes, it helps. Back in the late 1960's and early 1970's, there were a lot of novice programs that were also year round. And I swam over 2 years on them, they are helpful for the 50's and 100's but weaker in developing people in longer distances. The best summer league swimmer I heard was Kristy Kowal, who just swam in summer league and high school, and by the time she was a sophmore in high school she went year round and made the pan-Am team. But the drawback in summer league swimming or novice swimming is that it doesn't develop endurance as much. In community college, I could beat people in the 500 free that just did either summer league or year-round novice swimming that could kill me in a 50 or 100 free.
