My daughter is a USA swimmer and has had a decline in her stamina now for about 3 weeks. Her goal is to go to State and she only needs to drop 3 sec. on her free and 6 sec on her *** and she is frustrated. Can anyone give me ideas on how to help her or ideas as to why this might be happening
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Well, age group swimming is very demanding. I remember back in 1972 before my 15 birthday when I swam a 1:16.1 in the 100 yard breastroke, the next time I swam under 1:17 was when I was 18 years old, and swam a 1:16.8. Anyways, at 45 years old, I would be lucky to break the 1:30 barrier since I swam a 1:44.86 in meters breastroke. I would be very happy if I could do my age group times now. In retrospect not all of us make Jr national or senior national level or go to the state meet. But that doesn't mean that we are bad swimmers.
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Former Member
Well, age group swimming is very demanding. I remember back in 1972 before my 15 birthday when I swam a 1:16.1 in the 100 yard breastroke, the next time I swam under 1:17 was when I was 18 years old, and swam a 1:16.8. Anyways, at 45 years old, I would be lucky to break the 1:30 barrier since I swam a 1:44.86 in meters breastroke. I would be very happy if I could do my age group times now. In retrospect not all of us make Jr national or senior national level or go to the state meet. But that doesn't mean that we are bad swimmers.
