sudden decline in endurance

I think alot of it could be psychological. I remember when I swam in high school, I was on a roll for the most of the season, but when it came down to the BIG meets and Divisionals, my performance made a "U"ey and sucked real bad. Practices were endless and more difficult, even though we were tapering, my times got slower, it was a nightmare. I was so worried about these meets that I would think about them all the time. I mean, a meet that would determine who would be the league champs was a big deal! It would be the first time our school would ever be league champs in 24 years! Of course, we came in second place AGAIN! :o Anyhow, my point is, unless it's a physical problem, I would take it easy. Take a while off of swimming, if you have time, I would take probably three to four days off...have fun! If you're worried about her staying in shape, I don't know what to tell ya! But here's an idea: Our whole water polo team was on the swim team as well....well, most of them. When our coach thought we needed a break, he would break out the water polo balls. We just played scrimmages against each other. It was a blast. And the best part was that even though it was against the CIF (governing body of high school sports in california) rules to play water polo in the off-season, it didn't matter because most of us were seniors anyways(what were they gonna do? disqualify us from playing next year?! We were graduating anyways), AND, because two of us (me and another player) were certified lifeguards, we stayed on deck....and played a few quarters now and then, and our coach left!...so it was "unsupervised" (but legal) fun. So anyways, if you could find a way to make her practices fun, you won't have to worry about the "staying in shape" thing. hope that helps:D David

I think alot of it could be psychological. I remember when I swam in high school, I was on a roll for the most of the season, but when it came down to the BIG meets and Divisionals, my performance made a "U"ey and sucked real bad. Practices were endless and more difficult, even though we were tapering, my times got slower, it was a nightmare. I was so worried about these meets that I would think about them all the time. I mean, a meet that would determine who would be the league champs was a big deal! It would be the first time our school would ever be league champs in 24 years! Of course, we came in second place AGAIN! :o Anyhow, my point is, unless it's a physical problem, I would take it easy. Take a while off of swimming, if you have time, I would take probably three to four days off...have fun! If you're worried about her staying in shape, I don't know what to tell ya! But here's an idea: Our whole water polo team was on the swim team as well....well, most of them. When our coach thought we needed a break, he would break out the water polo balls. We just played scrimmages against each other. It was a blast. And the best part was that even though it was against the CIF (governing body of high school sports in california) rules to play water polo in the off-season, it didn't matter because most of us were seniors anyways(what were they gonna do? disqualify us from playing next year?! We were graduating anyways), AND, because two of us (me and another player) were certified lifeguards, we stayed on deck....and played a few quarters now and then, and our coach left!...so it was "unsupervised" (but legal) fun. So anyways, if you could find a way to make her practices fun, you won't have to worry about the "staying in shape" thing. hope that helps:D David