I despise tapering so much, it sometimes makes me NOT want to compete anymore. I feel moody, tired, and depressed and worried about my races because I'm so used to being very active on a daily basis. I remember reading that Laura Val doesn't worry about a taper but the article had no details. Is there anyone else who has been able to perform really well without cutting way back on yardage? I would be interested in hearing what you do.
4) Some swimmers lie (related to above). I hear a lot at meets, usually in the female locker room, "Oh, I haven't been training much." These people will then proceed to do well and/or break records. Yea, right, not training much. I think that often-times these people are just playing mind games.
I agree. I think these people also tend to sandbag their seed times. And I'm not talking about tactical sandbagging because they are swimming the next event or something--I'm talking about people who just always enter with times they must know they are going to destroy.
4) Some swimmers lie (related to above). I hear a lot at meets, usually in the female locker room, "Oh, I haven't been training much." These people will then proceed to do well and/or break records. Yea, right, not training much. I think that often-times these people are just playing mind games.
I agree. I think these people also tend to sandbag their seed times. And I'm not talking about tactical sandbagging because they are swimming the next event or something--I'm talking about people who just always enter with times they must know they are going to destroy.
