I should clarify that my 5 year old did not do Norman this past year because we moved away. Swimming is, by far, the best thing my kids do, and they do a LOT of sports. When it's too flexible, I shift stuff around constantly and things get dropped. I liked the inflexible and cheaper Norman swimming because I just had it planned into my schedule all year. Goldfish has similar, but it is more expensive. I think doing the year round stroke school, and planning to join summer league, is where it's at. She's solid to swim 25-50-75 yards, but her stroke mechanics leave much to be desired. She is just starting competitive swim league now at 5. My youngest did Norman Swimming too, but at 3-4, not 7. The stamina came from summer league daily practice. He started summer league swimming at 7 (about to turn 8) and had very few DQs for a kid new to competitive swimming. My oldest was involved in so many sports that that was all we could really commit to, and it was great stroke school. Thank you, but do these classes offer sufficient time in the pool for young kids to develop kicking and core stability, to swim properly? Those classes are 30 min long only. Many of the USA swim clubs do have team for kids "mini meets" which can be great funĪlso check local summer pools - many times they have lessons/clinics that are open to the public. York Swim Club - also has a group for kids learning to master stokes and do not participate in meets. Machine Aquatics stroke mechanics which may be of interest (different locations throughout NVA and a couple of MD sites as well) Norman Swim school - It is run by Matt Norman - (probably start up in the fall -)
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