Hi there... Im just a 15yr old that need help.. hehe

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Alright here comes a long a** story..... About a year ago i was in Mass Bay Marlins MBM and i think i was an ok swimmer and stuff. And here is what happened. In are new season i started to get sick allot and i have no idea why i never use to get sick im always at the practices and stuff. Then Igot sick ok mised 3 days and fine i started catching up and for me its really hard to catch up whenever i miss like 3 days it takes me a whole week to get back into the fisical condition. So that kept hppening to me and i was pissed of i was tired i had to do all the school stuff. I was tired and pissed of at evrything. So then one of my favorite coaches leaves his name was Mike and he was mad cool and great at dry land and thats like my fav thing to do. Then new coach comes in another Mike and i did like him to but not as much, so then he leaves and then another mike comes in.. and he leaves so i get to stay witht his other coach Tracy, and she is a great coach and all but just.... i dont know i didnt have the same fealing for the swimming and stuff and the sets the dry land wasnt the same. I started to get sick allot, miss practices and stuff again. And there is this kid he is new on are team and when he came in he was alright i liked the kid he was cool and I was faster then in some events. Then over 3 month period he started to catch up to me. And i am always a hard core worker *some times i slack off ;)* but i mean i always tryed my best. So i tryed working harder and trying to stay ahead of him and stuff. Then next thing i know wham he shoots by me his 100 back times are exactly like myn around 1:00 or .59, his fly is like 103 when myn is .58 and catching up to me. In free his much faster then me in anything over a 100, and breastroke... im not even going to go into that. So i started working harder and we were about the same speed. Then in spring of 2001 the school is almost over je starts to beat me in 100back and 200back, i start to add time.. and stuff. So it is time for some seniors to moveup that coaches choose and most fo the time the fastest people and the most hard working people move up... well then i find out my friends got moved up to nationals *that kid that im talking about and other dude* and I DONT GET TO MOVE UP.. and thats my first time im being kept back, the reason.... You missed allot of practices and didnt work as hard plus we need to work on your freestyle and breastroke... and i was like COMMON i was sick!! Jeez i tryed my best like i always do in swimming... and if i move up ill have more people pushing me all the faster kids and ill have to keep up with them and stff so i think that would of helped allot... so no i do not get moved up. So yeah i am REALLY pissed i am coming to some of the practices and stuff. Right before the champs i get sick and i do really bad and they said they would move me up if i would do really good, and no i dont do good im overtired and still sick. That improves his timed by 11 seconds and more more more and more. I just cant believe it. So then my coach sas see you next season and i say ok and leave go for vacation back to russia and stay there. and after that they havent seen me since. It has been almost a yr or i dont even know *a long time* and i swam little with my high school team and here are my times.. OLD TIMES NEW TIMES Times of that fast dude. 200IM 2:15 2:22 2:06 100free .55 .57 .51 <
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    Swim not to prove yourself "better" or "worse" than someone else, but to find what you are. Be a smart swimmer; learn training and technique. Be a dedicated swimmer; don't miss practice and be on time. Be a tough competitor; never make it easy for the other guy to win. Even the best in the world don't win every time. They do pay the price in the pool and elsewhere and eventually it pays off. You can swim much faster, I dare say you can beat your friend. Fix your technique, train diligently. If you can't race your friend in practice, figure out where you need to be in practice. Have you gone under 30 in practice for 50s fly and back? Held under 1:10 on a longer set? Try to improve every day in speed, technique, or both. Are you stretching 10 minutes every night? Are you eating right? Are you getting enough sleep? Teenagers need a LOT of sleep, more than 9 hours a night. Figure out where you are lacking and fix it! Swim fast, Greg
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    Swim not to prove yourself "better" or "worse" than someone else, but to find what you are. Be a smart swimmer; learn training and technique. Be a dedicated swimmer; don't miss practice and be on time. Be a tough competitor; never make it easy for the other guy to win. Even the best in the world don't win every time. They do pay the price in the pool and elsewhere and eventually it pays off. You can swim much faster, I dare say you can beat your friend. Fix your technique, train diligently. If you can't race your friend in practice, figure out where you need to be in practice. Have you gone under 30 in practice for 50s fly and back? Held under 1:10 on a longer set? Try to improve every day in speed, technique, or both. Are you stretching 10 minutes every night? Are you eating right? Are you getting enough sleep? Teenagers need a LOT of sleep, more than 9 hours a night. Figure out where you are lacking and fix it! Swim fast, Greg
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