My oldest son swam a lot when he was young. I think we unknowingly pushed him too much. He was a first or second grader swimming with 5th and 6th graders. Swimming seems like a lonely activity....
Also fun fact. My son's team was playing in in a PG event in Florida about 6 years ago at 13U. A Super 25 or something like that. As often happens we had a game that went into a rain delay and eventually had to be rescheduled. Our SS had to leave prior to the game being completed to go to a LAX tournament back in the NE. We ended up having to complete the game to get out of pool play. Because he wasn't at the game we had to take an out when it was his turn in the order. We lost a very close game and did not make it to the elimination rounds. Lots of parents were pissed as was I. Fast forward 5 years that kid ended up committing to Harvard to play LAX. I ended up txting the dad "Good choice". We had a good laugh about it.