https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/12766/how-much-can-i-improveHi, my name is Hercus, 39 year old male and I live in Cape Town, South Africa. I have never competed in swimming until 6 months ago. I have always been able to swim though but only started racing November last year as a biathlete. I race 100m freestyleen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/201498?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:16:32 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c5bfc882-6604-49f8-96c8-255f6d547502Former MemberHercus, congratulations! You&#39;ve made a lot of progress in a short period of time. There is no way to give you a good answer. Everyone is different. There is a very wide range of natural swimming ability. The fact that you made such significant improvement to a good level in a short period of time would suggest that you have a significant amount of natural ability. My guess is that you could get down to 1:03 in time. It will likely take time. You probably have made the obvious stroke adjustments. As you get faster, it gets harder to find ways to improve. But improve you likely will. I can only offer myself as an example. I competed in my first ever swim meet at age 41. My first 50 yard free time was 29.01 at age 42. Last year at age 47, I went 24.17. Other strokes have shown similar improvement. (50 fly 31.14 to 26.29). It just takes time and consistency. Trying out different things to see if they are faster or not. Sometimes you&#39;ll plateau for awhile and then make a big jump. Good luck Thanks Rob. I suppose I am looking for motivation. It is encouraging to there is room to go faster. 1:03 would be amazing. Thats what I ll aim for then. Thanks and good luck with your swimming<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/201489?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:59:28 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:59fb543f-973c-45ac-bb1f-2f2e375a7994RobHHercus, congratulations! You&#39;ve made a lot of progress in a short period of time. There is no way to give you a good answer. Everyone is different. There is a very wide range of natural swimming ability. The fact that you made such significant improvement to a good level in a short period of time would suggest that you have a significant amount of natural ability. My guess is that you could get down to 1:03 in time. It will likely take time. You probably have made the obvious stroke adjustments. As you get faster, it gets harder to find ways to improve. But improve you likely will. I can only offer myself as an example. I competed in my first ever swim meet at age 41. My first 50 yard free time was 29.01 at age 42. Last year at age 47, I went 24.17. Other strokes have shown similar improvement. (50 fly 31.14 to 26.29). It just takes time and consistency. Trying out different things to see if they are faster or not. Sometimes you&#39;ll plateau for awhile and then make a big jump. Good luck<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/201480?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:57:09 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:74ff0c54-7e6f-42fa-9b46-51c0d8359e22orca1946What you have done is quite good as it is stated. Keep doing what you are doing to improve. Let us know what you do.<div style="clear:both;"></div>