Tomorrow morning is my very first swim meet. I'm very nervous but it was time for me to finally see what I could do in competition versus practice. There are so many things that can go wrong like forgetting to exhale well under water, running out of steam during my 100 free, forgetting stoke mechanics, diving too deep, etc. I don't care how i do compared to others, I'm competing with myself. I always imagined my race times would be faster than my practice times and I know i will be very disappointed if that's not the case. Any words of advice on how to mentally approach this wold be greatly appreciated. Like you wet the bed in your first meet but it got better in subsequent meets:D.
One other question; how do I control the depth of my dive on entry. I rarely every get to practice dives because our pool doesn't allow dives off the blocks unless with the team/coach. So I can only practice it off the pool edge (my masters team doesn't do much start practice). Should I arch my back on head and trunk entry or angle my hands up? If I dive too deep (I hardly have a superb dolphin kick to compensate), I'm toast. It's pretty much hit or miss with me now.
Thanks.
Thanks guys. 27.75 50 free, 35. something 50 fly (time for me to more seriously work on fly), 1:05.something 100 free, 1:23.something IM. I left little time between 100Free and IM, learned my lesson, lol. My starts and turns need a lot of work, but glad I took the first step. Here are the links (I'll post IM later). I was advised to pace myself on the 100 free first 50, I think I may have over paced myself because I had a fair amount left in the tank at the end.
50 free
First Meet, 50 free Mar 4 2012 - YouTube
50 fly
www.youtube.com/watch
100 free
www.youtube.com/watch
100 free relay, for some comic relief (goggles in mouth)
www.youtube.com/watch
Thanks guys. 27.75 50 free, 35. something 50 fly (time for me to more seriously work on fly), 1:05.something 100 free, 1:23.something IM. I left little time between 100Free and IM, learned my lesson, lol. My starts and turns need a lot of work, but glad I took the first step. Here are the links (I'll post IM later). I was advised to pace myself on the 100 free first 50, I think I may have over paced myself because I had a fair amount left in the tank at the end.
50 free
First Meet, 50 free Mar 4 2012 - YouTube
50 fly
www.youtube.com/watch
100 free
www.youtube.com/watch
100 free relay, for some comic relief (goggles in mouth)
www.youtube.com/watch