转发：文学城的文章
Jian Zhang
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(By Yunlong00)
好吧，说说我孩子。
很小的时候我教会了他游泳，但是很少游，就是夏天在neighborhood pool 玩几次水而已。7岁去tryout swim club, 当
时只会自由泳和仰泳。我们club的要求是游25米，25码没有沉下去所以顺利进队。教练说他stroke不错，不用去Novice，去了
development Group。一开始一星期2-3次，每次45分钟。7岁从9月游到来年4月。9月(8岁）开始每次1小时。
队内的比赛每次都参加，成绩还可以，不过第一次出去比赛是8岁4个月的时候。当时就是想让孩子去玩玩，大人进城吃中餐（我们在乡下小地方大农村）。参加
的 是LSC的championship meet，报了4项，居然1个第一，一个第2，一个第4，一个第9. 当然1-2名的是25码，高手根本不屑
一顾的项目。50码的跟前几名差几条街。回来主教练发来了Email祝贺，大人孩子都高兴，从此就上了”不归路“。 9岁以前是1-2个月出去参加1次
meet，只要是有8 & under组的，都能有个名次，不过更多是仰慕那些同年龄的super stars. 8岁下半年，教练把他升到Age
Group，每次1.5小时，他是组内最小的。8岁夏天最后一次meet，都是BB不过有的项目成绩接近A了。
9岁开始year round 训练（夏天休息一个月），就开始有A了。教练开始给我Email要升他到Junior group， 每天2小时训练。
教练说他Ready了，但是因为他刚刚9岁，上面那个组都是10岁以上，没有force我们升。我不想让孩子训练太intense，决定 呆在原来的组
当鸡头。教练说他过来我保证他春天进TAGS （Texas Age Group State swimming championship）。
TAGS在我们这儿是个Big Deal。
决定升上去是在Christmas break的时候，孩子看到上面一个组有Christmas outing，a big bag of
Christmas goodies, 有点动心了。正好是不上学，我跟教练说让他跟着上面的组游2天，看看他能不能handle。结果他说不累，我们
就决定让他升上去了。
他第一次游100 Fly 就是个A time， 一个月后就游了个AAA time，有了第一个TAGS time。9岁春季参加了第一次TAGS。
第一次TAGS很害怕，第一天Warm up后就threw up了，只能Scratch第一天的event。比赛前几天就有点不舒服，我估计就是因为
太紧张。第2天就好了，游得还算可以。
9岁的长池 TAGS，第一项游下来，他突然跟我说，TAGS does not appear fast to me any more.
It's the same group of swimmers I have competed against. 我们LSC有a
handful差不多同龄的 swimmer，都有全国前几名的成绩，他看到慢慢的同他们差距在缩小。最后他有2项进了10&Under group
的Final （前8）。对9岁的孩子还是不容易的。那一次的TAGS是他的Confidence builder。不过以后的TAGS他还是一如既往
的紧张，好在就是第一项紧张而已。
10岁每一个Stroke的每一个Distance都Made TAGS，春天TAGS拿了一个第2，长池TAGS第一第二有几个，和原来仰着看的那些
开始互有胜负。他的生日是9月，所以长池的成绩好，排名高。10岁 长池赛季有几个USA Swimming的Top 10/Top 16 （不过11
岁以前是没有official nonrecognition的）。
11岁开始消沉了一段时间。看到比他大一岁的原来慢很多的突然爆发而自己成绩没有提高，就觉得明年努力吧， 11岁的很难在11-12 group
competitive. 12 月的LSC champ 100 Back 游了1分03，意识到自己仍然competitive，从此开始
Refocus，成绩也开始提高。
现在在准备3月分的TAGS。会游3个Back 3个Fly。他的Breast是他的弱项，平时训练能不游就不游， 否则他的IM应该也很强，因为他的
free也拿过TAGS前4.
游泳4年DQ过一次，起跳太早。
游泳4年，比赛race后哭过一次。12月champs 200BAck 预赛第4，决赛崩溃。上个月Redeemed himself，游出了2分
16.
He enjoys swimming, loves to go to practice (doesn't want to be late
for a minute), always laughing/talking (and too much talking), full of
energy, cheering for teammates the loudest,...
To be continued, I hope...
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Hayden
YMCA (Waltham), they have a usa swimming program. From what I heard
and saw, I believe that they are not ready for serious USA swim
meet. My two boys started at YMCA, we had been enjoyed and kids
learned a lot over there.
better team than Waltham Y, but we did not stay at that team.
cheap, possibly $200 for the winter season, I have seen several very
good swimmers from those teams, but not sure whether they were from
the coaches or from the families.
Boys and Girls club at Woburn, they have several good coaches or
Nashua are other boys and girls club, good level of performance at the
meet, bigger teams at BGC system.
the training itself is not hard enough, but they do have good swimmers
as I have noticed. It is close to most of the families around
Lexington, not too expensive ($1700 a year? correct me please if I
made mistakes on the numbers)
http://www.northshoreswimclub.com/
Gator http://www.bernalsgator.com/about/sites.htm
expensive, senior level/national level is tough swim, for age group,
heard different voices. We tryout several times for this team, my boys did not like it, I do not know why. I do not like it because you cannot watch the practice.
http://www.crimsonaquatics.org/, 3 sites
http://www.shawmutswimming.org/
http://www.abfswim.com/Home.jsp?team=nebsc
Eliz Beisel (Olympic swimmer)
http://www.patriotswimclub.org/Home.jsp?team=nepsc
http://charlesriveraquatics.com/
http://www.metrowestaquaticclub.com/
It is really hard to say which one is better, since there are so many
factors. I like MAC because I can see when kids are practicing, so I
know what the coaches are doing, whether kids are listening to
the coaches.
It is still a very young team, focus on technique, its head coach Alex
was at gators team for many years, many kids and parents recommend
him. They recogized the issue and tried to resolve the issue.
Hope this might give you some information you need. You really need to
tailor your kids with their level and find the fits for them. It is
not an easy job to find the right team. I have seen parents drive 50
minutes one way to send kids to swim practice, but most parents do not
have the time and energy doing that.
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