:badday:I just got back from practice and basically the coach told me I'd get more out of swim lessons than masters. I thought I was doing pretty well, but I guess he was blowing smoke up my skirt (or swimsuit) when he told me that during my first practice. Basically, if I don't want to swim with other people, masters probably isn't for me.
I feel badly because I thought I'd found a home with this team. I know he's trying to do his best for me and is willing to give me lessons to improve my technique and get me comfortable enough to swim with the other beginners. But it feels like I've been sent to remedial swim class. So my confidence has been completely deflated. I joined masters because I thought I'd get a better workout than swimming alone. I know being in the lane with others makes you push yourself more, and I was working my way to that, and he said he wants me on his team. But honestly, I'm not interested in being on a team. I just want to get in the freakin' pool and swim for fitness.
I'll pick up on a couple of points here.
Getting mashed into ropes, etc. Denise, do you know how to stop stroking and go into a glide with the passing arm and leg? Do you position yourself at end of the lane of swimmers, and maybe sit out a lap at the wall if people are coming in fast, so that you can be at the end again?
What coach said: it seems unlikely that a coach would say, "I don't want you in my group." So I might consider it a relatively meaningless pleasantry, like "Have a good day," when he says he wants you on his team.
I think you might get over (some) fear of deep water if you bounced around with other swimmers in deep water, so that you are not focusing on Eek! as much as on completing that part of the set.
You could always ask the coach for a clarification: Is the lane you've been using available for use regularly?
If you continue to be unhappy with the situation, by all means move to another pool, and forget the number of punches left on the card. Maybe you'll use them sometime, if not right away.
Good luck!
I'll pick up on a couple of points here.
Getting mashed into ropes, etc. Denise, do you know how to stop stroking and go into a glide with the passing arm and leg? Do you position yourself at end of the lane of swimmers, and maybe sit out a lap at the wall if people are coming in fast, so that you can be at the end again?
What coach said: it seems unlikely that a coach would say, "I don't want you in my group." So I might consider it a relatively meaningless pleasantry, like "Have a good day," when he says he wants you on his team.
I think you might get over (some) fear of deep water if you bounced around with other swimmers in deep water, so that you are not focusing on Eek! as much as on completing that part of the set.
You could always ask the coach for a clarification: Is the lane you've been using available for use regularly?
If you continue to be unhappy with the situation, by all means move to another pool, and forget the number of punches left on the card. Maybe you'll use them sometime, if not right away.
Good luck!
