All amateur swimmers 18 and over should be required to swim at least one masters meet per year. This would help with the transition into adult life, and really show the younger generation the value of masters swimming. Adults who continue to love the sport, that's a great networking tool and a positive way to stay involved with people of similar interests.
Our club dues at the highest level is 125.00 per month. Then the cost of meets, usually a 3 day meet will cost you around 50.00 in fees, cost of staying in a hotel, cost of equipment, gas to get to practice and meets. For us, it was around 2K for the more competive kid, 1k for the less competive kid(she simply did not want to compete that much and was in a lower training level, so not as much monthly fees). Pool time these days is quite expensive, upwards to 60 per hour. Clubs have to pass that on to the swimmer, so it gets expensive.
Our club dues at the highest level is 125.00 per month. Then the cost of meets, usually a 3 day meet will cost you around 50.00 in fees, cost of staying in a hotel, cost of equipment, gas to get to practice and meets. For us, it was around 2K for the more competive kid, 1k for the less competive kid(she simply did not want to compete that much and was in a lower training level, so not as much monthly fees). Pool time these days is quite expensive, upwards to 60 per hour. Clubs have to pass that on to the swimmer, so it gets expensive.
