Making sure he has a proper warmup and not doing the 100Fly right before the 100Br. I was really suprised at the events swam by my daughter's competitors at her summer state meet. Back to back events with little rest and doing 100s where they were low seeded right before sprint events (25m, this was in 8U) where they were high seeded. Almost to a swimmer, they would get a pr in the longer event to take a mid placing and not match their pr's in the sprint events to drop a place or more.
As was mentioned, keep the mood light and let him know he has trained as much as he can do and that you are proud of him and his training no matter what happens.
Making sure he has a proper warmup and not doing the 100Fly right before the 100Br. I was really suprised at the events swam by my daughter's competitors at her summer state meet. Back to back events with little rest and doing 100s where they were low seeded right before sprint events (25m, this was in 8U) where they were high seeded. Almost to a swimmer, they would get a pr in the longer event to take a mid placing and not match their pr's in the sprint events to drop a place or more.
As was mentioned, keep the mood light and let him know he has trained as much as he can do and that you are proud of him and his training no matter what happens.
