I am thinking of participating a swim meet, just to experience it once in my life. I had a lot of reservations about signing up for a meet. But after reading some of the threads in the forums, my fears have subsided.
1. I can't do flip turns very well. It seems I can do open turns instead.
2. I fear my goggles will pop off during my dive. Looks like I can start in the water which I am more comfortable with anyways.
But there are a few things that I'm still wondering about.
1. I'm pretty slow. I've read somewhere that most meets have a "slow heat"? What does that mean really? So you could have multiple people being #1 for the same age group? And how can you tell if a meet has several heats?
2. Why is it when I view some of the past event results, some events have rankings for the top 3 swimmers and some have only 1? I am attaching a screenshot of what I am talking about. Does that mean there was only 1 person swimming in that event?
3. How does one finish off for freestyle? Do you have to press a buzzer?
We will welcome you at any of our meets! Good for you to give it a try. On the finish - don't just grab the top of the touch/finish pad --- push the FRONT to stop the clock. The top does not have the ability to stop the timer. Just have fun & don't worry where you finish.
You are faster than anyone that is on the couch !!
We will welcome you at any of our meets! Good for you to give it a try. On the finish - don't just grab the top of the touch/finish pad --- push the FRONT to stop the clock. The top does not have the ability to stop the timer. Just have fun & don't worry where you finish.
You are faster than anyone that is on the couch !!
