Does anyone know, anecdotally or otherwise...
What is the high achievement range for a master's swimmer who only started swimming in their early 30's, or late 20's... something like that.
How far were they able to go (I don't mean the distance), but achievement wise...
Anyone competing at top masters levels that hasn't been a competetive swimmer as a kid?
I'd like to hear their stories.
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Thanks Cinc :)
Wow, good for you for picking it all up again!!!
I like Long Course, and we train mainly in the LC pool... Sounds like that might be a good thing.
When we have a day in a SCM or a SCY pool, I think to myself, ugh, a flipturn practice!
I haven';t learned the fly, the arms part. I have the chest-down motion for the fly down okay (for a beginner). It feels very natural.
So does the backstroke. I love the backstroke. I feel a lot more at ease doing backstroke than any other. Things just seem to fall into place. I'm a tad faster on a backstroke than a freestyle too. Partially probably because my kick works better, and partially I'm guessing because of my weak cardio.
A funny little thing that happened couple weeks ago, the coach wanted us to do 2x100 fly kick on out backs (which was out of ordinary), and couple of out darn good and competetive swimmers exclaimed "I don't know how to do that".
I watched that happen as I pushed off the wall, and just fell into it, for the first time. I was thinking... what do you mean you don't know how to do that??? In my little head it just didn't compute how come someone can't put thse two together and just go. It fels so natural even the first time.
(yea, they were serious about not knowing how to do that)
So, I'm discovering little things that I have a knack for, and others (like a breaststroke) that are going to take a lot more work.
Anyway, sorry I'm getting long winded here... being that I'm new... this is all very exciting for me, and I still have that newbie overdrive. Thanks for bearing with me :)
Thanks Cinc :)
Wow, good for you for picking it all up again!!!
I like Long Course, and we train mainly in the LC pool... Sounds like that might be a good thing.
When we have a day in a SCM or a SCY pool, I think to myself, ugh, a flipturn practice!
I haven';t learned the fly, the arms part. I have the chest-down motion for the fly down okay (for a beginner). It feels very natural.
So does the backstroke. I love the backstroke. I feel a lot more at ease doing backstroke than any other. Things just seem to fall into place. I'm a tad faster on a backstroke than a freestyle too. Partially probably because my kick works better, and partially I'm guessing because of my weak cardio.
A funny little thing that happened couple weeks ago, the coach wanted us to do 2x100 fly kick on out backs (which was out of ordinary), and couple of out darn good and competetive swimmers exclaimed "I don't know how to do that".
I watched that happen as I pushed off the wall, and just fell into it, for the first time. I was thinking... what do you mean you don't know how to do that??? In my little head it just didn't compute how come someone can't put thse two together and just go. It fels so natural even the first time.
(yea, they were serious about not knowing how to do that)
So, I'm discovering little things that I have a knack for, and others (like a breaststroke) that are going to take a lot more work.
Anyway, sorry I'm getting long winded here... being that I'm new... this is all very exciting for me, and I still have that newbie overdrive. Thanks for bearing with me :)
