I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets nervous about swimming in meets. Right? :blush:
I don't worry so much about how I will compare to the other swimmers. Luckily, I don't have to worry about that because I can't even come close to them. I know that I'm really only competing with myself. Do those of you who are top-notch swimmers get nervous about not winning? I just worry about not doing well. I worry about messing up and looking stupid. I worry that I will look like a fool and have to remind myself that Masters swimmers are wonderful, non-judgmental people. :D
The thing that sucks is that I work my butt off (and I know I've gotten better!), but I have a tendency to get bummed as the meet gets closer because I feel like I still have SO far to go. Maybe I'm just too hard on myself. I swam on Thursday and felt LESS ready than I did two weeks ago. I don't know if my nerves just affected my swimming or what... Anyway. I often end up feeling like 'Why am I doing this?' as a meet gets closer rather than 'Let's do this!'. Today I'm getting my gear ready to go and trying to just remind myself that I'm only competing against myself and I KNOW I've improved since my last competition (last summer) - and that's the whole point, right? :agree:
What do you all get nervous about before your meets?
I'm heading into my LMSC Champs meet tomorrow with barely being back in the water after nearly 2 weeks out of the pool with my vacation. Granted, I'm not exactly using this as my end of season meet, but I still want to perform well. Knowing that I'm not in the greatest shape endurance-wise may make my a little less trigger-happy on the throttle control, though it would be good to video my 200 Fly and just go all out on it from the get-go like Chowmi was mentioning on her 500 Free.
I thought you were trying a new type of drop taper, you should be good and rested with that vacation of yours! Seriously though i am sure you will do great because you have a great aerobic base. Not sure about you and Chowmi's tactics though. That sounds like a really really painful way to swim either the 500 or the 200 fly, but it sure would be fun to watch!
I'm heading into my LMSC Champs meet tomorrow with barely being back in the water after nearly 2 weeks out of the pool with my vacation. Granted, I'm not exactly using this as my end of season meet, but I still want to perform well. Knowing that I'm not in the greatest shape endurance-wise may make my a little less trigger-happy on the throttle control, though it would be good to video my 200 Fly and just go all out on it from the get-go like Chowmi was mentioning on her 500 Free.
I thought you were trying a new type of drop taper, you should be good and rested with that vacation of yours! Seriously though i am sure you will do great because you have a great aerobic base. Not sure about you and Chowmi's tactics though. That sounds like a really really painful way to swim either the 500 or the 200 fly, but it sure would be fun to watch!
