I have questions about Masters Swimming teams:
How many percent of the people are in their 20s? I'm in my 20s and I feel like if everyone is in their 40s and above then I won't fit in.
Is the atmosphere more competitive or less than a high school team? I regret not joining my HS team. I felt that I wasnt strong enough to handle it because I didn't really know how to swim back then, and I thought it would be too much to go from zero yards to being competitive within one season. Was I wrong? Assuming I'm reasonably diligent, how long would it take on average to be reasonably good? I'm 22 and right now I can only swim 100 yards before stopping.
Stupid me, my bad decisions back then come back to haunt me today. Give me a word of encouragement if you want.
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I was 24 when I started, having stopped swimming at the Red Cross Advanced Beginner level, which is second grade, I think.
Anyway, My team has a lot of 20s, 30s and some 40s on it. Everyone gets along great. In fact, the oldest guy is the one who shows up the most at social outings!
You will probably be in the "slow lane" at first, but if you are persistent, you can move up. Don't worry about feeling dumb or slow. Everyone goes through that. I see it everytime someone new starts. Either they haven't swam in a long time or they used to be competitive but gained a lot of weight or otherwise got out of shape.
Ask if you can observe or take a trial session, if you are worried it won't be what you want.
Alice
I was 24 when I started, having stopped swimming at the Red Cross Advanced Beginner level, which is second grade, I think.
Anyway, My team has a lot of 20s, 30s and some 40s on it. Everyone gets along great. In fact, the oldest guy is the one who shows up the most at social outings!
You will probably be in the "slow lane" at first, but if you are persistent, you can move up. Don't worry about feeling dumb or slow. Everyone goes through that. I see it everytime someone new starts. Either they haven't swam in a long time or they used to be competitive but gained a lot of weight or otherwise got out of shape.
Ask if you can observe or take a trial session, if you are worried it won't be what you want.
Alice
