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Has swim training lost the plot?
The rising cost of youth sport participation is slowly lowering skill levels by forcing coaches to focus on metabolic training rather than instruction in developmental groups.It's no secret that the economic model supporting youth sport participation in the United States is under pressure. The egalitarian sport-for-all philosophy that at one time made participation in youth sport almost a right of passage for American youth has all but disappeared from the social landscape. It has been replaced by programs that cater to a shrinking number of families. There are no sports where equipment is becoming less expensive, and no sports where finding volunteer, short-term workers is getting easier. There is no place in the United States where the cost of participation is dropping, and no place where sport facilities are getting cheaper to use for training and competition. In short, youth sports are becoming less and less available to a growing segment of society. READ THE FULL ARTICLE....