Your kid is probably not going to the Olympics. And that's the best news I can give you. I know how that sounds. Stay with me. Your kid probably won't get the full D1 ride either, or swim professionally. That's not me being negative... that's just the math. Only about 3 in 100 high-school swimmers ever swim NCAA Division 1, and a full-ride swimming scholarship is rarer still. The odds of going PRO are wayyyy below 1000:1... no matter how fast they are at 13. Here's why it's good news, and it's not to crush a dream. Something clicked for me reading a business newsletter, of all places. The writer pointed out that almost every business owner dreams of selling their company one day.. but only about 1 in 1'000 ever actually does. And in chasing that exit, people spend their whole career sacrificing the thing that was valuable the entire time, and often end up with neither. Swap "selling the company" for "going pro" and you've described a lot of swim families. Because here's what's valuable RIGHT NOW, guaranteed, win or lose: A kid who learns to lose and come back. Who builds a work ethic most adults never find. Who has a team, a body that moves, a reason to get up early, and a thing that is unmistakably theirs. That payoff is real whether or not the Olympic one ever shows up. So don't optimize your kid's entire childhood around a 0.1% outcome and burn out the joy that would have paid off either way. Let it count now. And I genuinely want to know, so be honest: if someone could tell you for certain your kid will never swim past high school... would you still want them in this sport? And why? Hoping to get an interesting conversation going in the comments! 👇 PS: Academy training tomorrow will be live from Mallorca!! 🌴

***UPDATE*** Recording is uploaded and available for everyone below. Enjoy! Change in plans today as we're going to live-stream the Academy training directly from Mallorca with the Swimpros who are on camp right now. The training is 2 hours earlier than usual (and yep, it's recorded) and available for everyone in the Skool group. Read this real quick: 2 swimmers go to the same camp and do the exact same sets. One comes home transformed. The other just comes home tired. What separates them is decided before they ever dive in… Tonight we're breaking down exactly what to do in the first hours of a performance camp so the entire 10 days compound instead of just happening to you. Here's what we cover live: 👉 The first-morning move that decides what you take home 👉 Why chasing your times at camp quietly makes you slower 👉 How to know on day 1 exactly what you'll leave with 👉 The reason the swimmer who recovers hardest improves the most 👉 The questions that make a world-class coach pour into you 👉 How to come home transformed from any swim camp (also with your regular team) This special call is available for everybody!! Join us live in here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2906319395 Today at 5pm Zürich (4pm UK) time. Pic: Badass shot of @Lara Umegbolu before her 50m freestyle race on New Years camp. PS: We're going to pause the Gatorade Half-Hour until summer camps so we can come up with alternatives together during camp.

Additionally, why is breathing every 3 strokes not for you?

UPDATE: We're live any second: https://www.youtube.com/live/8naQ6acRqcs?si=4w1iaXKbwOs6f8OM You wanna make sure that you watch the Swimpros News tomorrow. ESPECIALLY if you're coming to one of our Summer Camps!! @Yul Münger and I have a crazyyyyyyy surprise for you guys. It wasn't official until yesterday. And tomorrow we can finally announce it!! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're excited!! (You should be cuz it's gonna change everything about camp 😃😃😃)

RECORDING IS UPLOADED IN THE ACADEMY CLASSROOM!! What we'll need: Pen & paper. I'll take you thru one of my favorite processes to stay focused so you can CRUSH it at the end-of-summer competition. And then we'll use the Gatorade Half-Hour for coaching and answering questions. See ya shortly!! pic: last summer camp!!! 😍