garamond garamond
I'm a Sophomore in Highschool and this past September I injured both knees running crosscountry. I've never really come out of the injury b/c it's a cronic problem that I was pre-disposed to getting. So this year I'm looking for alternative sports to help me stay strong and maybe get me back to running. So I'm deciding to start swimming. But I'm clueless! I know nothing about this sport, but I'm hoping it will be a little easier on my knees than running. What are the most common swimmer's injuries? And swimming is easier on the joints than running right? What should I know about simple techniques/ strokes? What are the basics????? I'm interested in hearing from all of you soon! Thanks, Whitney
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Well, with swimming you do have to be careful. As a teengaer I had some shoulder problems and groin problems-because I swam breastroke and butterfly. At first its going to be hard because their are 11 to 12 year old kids that will probably out swim you. However, by next year in a year round program you should be able to beat most of the 11 to 12 year olds except the top ones. And if you are a boy, this will occur earlier. I had a friend in high school that had a 29.0 freestyle and try to get her into a year round program but she couldn't handle the workouts. The next year she swim a 27.5 freestyle. She come have been a 24 to 25 second freestyler if she could have done the year-round team. Just keep going at it and hopefully the coach will emphasis an Im workout more than a distance freestyle since you don't come from a swimming background and Im type workouts are better for beginners.
Well, with swimming you do have to be careful. As a teengaer I had some shoulder problems and groin problems-because I swam breastroke and butterfly. At first its going to be hard because their are 11 to 12 year old kids that will probably out swim you. However, by next year in a year round program you should be able to beat most of the 11 to 12 year olds except the top ones. And if you are a boy, this will occur earlier. I had a friend in high school that had a 29.0 freestyle and try to get her into a year round program but she couldn't handle the workouts. The next year she swim a 27.5 freestyle. She come have been a 24 to 25 second freestyler if she could have done the year-round team. Just keep going at it and hopefully the coach will emphasis an Im workout more than a distance freestyle since you don't come from a swimming background and Im type workouts are better for beginners.
