They want results right away, so they're going to go to whatever club is producing the fastest kids at 12 years old. Meanwhile, who cares how fast your kid is at 12 years old?
If we look at the top ten swimmers at 25 years old versus those who were the top ten swimmers 15 years ago, they're never the same people. Because you are a star athlete at 10, 11, or 12 years old, it's not to say that you will continue. More than likely, you're going to plateau within a couple of years, and nobody is going to know who you are by the time you're 20 or 25, if you're even still swimming. Most kids are burnt out and they just stop swimming.
That's where a lot of our talent goes. It's a shame to see, but a lot of our talent, by the age of 13, 14, or 15, is no longer producing results. It weighs on you. It's a really hard sport mentally. If you can't go to a competition and perform better than you have in the past couple of years, it's really hard mentally on a kid of that age, and they just call it quits. We have had so many talented kids come through the system who just don't make it. They don't make it past 16 years old.