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1,000.00 fee for swimming with a USMS team?

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Q: I'm changing my location and wanted to join a local USMS team at the YMCA where I'm already member and swim there. THis was exciting! Until I tried to join. I was told that the fee for joining the Master's team at the YMCA is $1,000.00. I've belonged to two or three different USMS teams over the past decades and never have I been charged a fee like that! When I asked about it I was told by the person at the Y that this was 'normal'. 

Is this a normal fee?

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    Is that the fee for the year?  The Y where I swim discontinued their Masters program during COVID and never started it up again, but pre-COVID we paid $300 for the year on top of our regular monthly membership fees. Our local Masters program now runs out of a different facility and charges $100 a month for 5 coached practices a week.

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    Thank you.  Yes, the fee for the year, plus monthly membership to Y, which can run over 100 a month.  7 practice times but spread across 5 different Y's in very different places in the city, non-convenient. No one Y has more than 2 a week, and oddly spaced. My Y's days are Saturday and Sunday 6AM. This is a new Masters and I don't think they are USMS affiliated. It will be interesting to see who/how many they recruit. 

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    My USMS club charges over $1000 per year for 8 coached practices/week. But there are also options to pay monthly or a daily fee. 

    It sounds like you can only attend really 2 of the practices that they offer with that fee because those are at your facility and that is definitely a steep price. I would inquire about monthly pricing or about a price for just your location. 

    Or could you maybe get in touch with the coach directly to inquire about different pricing models? My experience with masters programs is that admin sometimes is less flexible than the coaches on deck. Because the coaches on deck usually want more swimmers in the water and want to find a way that you can join their group.

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    There's a club locally to me that would be $1620 for the year, but for 15 different practice options a week.