Hey,
I haven't had a good swimming workout since December 2002 when my High School swim team fell through. Thats about 8 months without a good workout. I was pretty good in high school a few county appearances and almost a state. I swim all the strokes and I want to improve but I know that I will need a lot of work also. I want to start swimming again this year in college and maybe join the University swim team by next year. My question here is does anyone have any good tips for someone who has been out of swimming for awhile and to stay motivated while swimming? And my second question is does anyone have good swimming or dryland workouts or tips that I could use to make the college team by next year? You could email me at mfruth1625@hotmail.com...
Thanks,
Matt
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I disagree. I assume you are starting college in September; swimming with a USA Swimming team is not going to be practical during the school year (but will be very important in the summers). One of my coaches used to tell us not to limit ourselves. After all, you do have competitive swimming experience and had some degree of success at the high school level. You could really flourish under a good coach. I think you should give it a shot this year and try to make the team. At the very least you should talk to the coach. You may be surprised by his response. There are a lot of benefits to being part of a college team, not the least of which is easing the transition to college life. If you have time before school starts, by all means try to workout with a team to begin building an endurance base.
I disagree. I assume you are starting college in September; swimming with a USA Swimming team is not going to be practical during the school year (but will be very important in the summers). One of my coaches used to tell us not to limit ourselves. After all, you do have competitive swimming experience and had some degree of success at the high school level. You could really flourish under a good coach. I think you should give it a shot this year and try to make the team. At the very least you should talk to the coach. You may be surprised by his response. There are a lot of benefits to being part of a college team, not the least of which is easing the transition to college life. If you have time before school starts, by all means try to workout with a team to begin building an endurance base.
