Greetings
OK I am calling on all of you current/former competitors and/or age group coaches and parents. I am the parent of a 13 yo age grouper who is crazy about swimming. In his current season he has gone from a B/A swimmer to a sectional qualifier. He has worked very hard since last September and will swim sectionals in mid March. Here is my question. Should I require that he backs off or stops swimming in the spring and summer just for resting purposes. He is like a young colt that will just keep on swimming if not reigned in. He loves to swim and compete. I worry about burning him out. I want him to still like to swim when he is my age. By the way I have no personal competitive swimming background so all of this is new to me.
Regards
Spudfin
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Greetings
Once again I am impressed by the knowledge present in this forum. I appreciate all the great input. My sense when I wrote the question was that I would try to talk him into a 2 or 3 week break to just relax and have some fun away from the pool. That seems to be what I am hearing from you all who have been through this. I honestly don't know if he will want to be away from it that long. The social connection he has with his team is really strong. Guess we will give it a try. I can't say enough about the positive influence this sport is having on my sons development as a young man, student, athlete etc. Swimming has become a great context for his success as he goes on in life. We are lucky to have him involved.
Regards
Spudfin
Greetings
Once again I am impressed by the knowledge present in this forum. I appreciate all the great input. My sense when I wrote the question was that I would try to talk him into a 2 or 3 week break to just relax and have some fun away from the pool. That seems to be what I am hearing from you all who have been through this. I honestly don't know if he will want to be away from it that long. The social connection he has with his team is really strong. Guess we will give it a try. I can't say enough about the positive influence this sport is having on my sons development as a young man, student, athlete etc. Swimming has become a great context for his success as he goes on in life. We are lucky to have him involved.
Regards
Spudfin
