Well, i am a student at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY that had the football team cut from the athletic program and instead had a swim team and a few other sports put in the program in its place. One day as i was working out in the gym this past september, the coach of the swim team saw me working out and asked me if i wanted to swim. He needed numbers more than anything since the collegiate competitive requirements are 11 participants a team. Mind you i am 5'7", 185 lbs, broad chest and shoulders with large legs. A running back figure. I have never swam before and i agreed to be on the swim team. The coach wants me to swim the 50 and 100 free and i like that for it is a fast twitch race more than slow twitch, and since i am a senior i don't really have time to increase my endurance and slow twitch. I was wondering if any of you had advice for me in my endeavour to become an excellent swimmer by february 2004, and hopefully win an event at the MAAC nationals. In my first meet on Oct. 11, i swam a 27.88 in the 50 free at Duquesne. If you couldn't tell by my hunting for a discussion ring and post, i am very intense and competitive, and am taking this very seriously. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and hope to have some replies soon!
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I applaud you for wanting to improve your time and setting high goals. You have received a lot of good tips and encouragement in this forum. However I am not sure if you are coming to this with naivety or bold audacity.
Since everybody else has provided positive points allow me to come at this from the perspective of reality. Your time (27.88) in the 50 would not even rank in the top 25 fastest time for 10-year-old girls, nor would it make Top Ten in the men’s 65-69 Masters bracket. But in one short season you expect drop over 6 seconds and go a high 21 to mid 22? There are many hard working and talented swimmers who have trained years who have never gone that fast.
Let me turn this around. Say I am a swimmer and a senior in college. The swim team has been dropped and the coach wants me to come for the football team, even though I have never played on a team before. After the first game I am asking questions about the technique on how to carry the ball so I don’t fumble. How realistic is it I will average over a 100 yards a game?
Enjoy your experience, I hope you do well. Prove me wrong. But I am afraid going in the 21s is too much of a stretch goal from someone who has no previous swimming background and expects to do it in one short season. Consider it a major victory if you break 25.
I applaud you for wanting to improve your time and setting high goals. You have received a lot of good tips and encouragement in this forum. However I am not sure if you are coming to this with naivety or bold audacity.
Since everybody else has provided positive points allow me to come at this from the perspective of reality. Your time (27.88) in the 50 would not even rank in the top 25 fastest time for 10-year-old girls, nor would it make Top Ten in the men’s 65-69 Masters bracket. But in one short season you expect drop over 6 seconds and go a high 21 to mid 22? There are many hard working and talented swimmers who have trained years who have never gone that fast.
Let me turn this around. Say I am a swimmer and a senior in college. The swim team has been dropped and the coach wants me to come for the football team, even though I have never played on a team before. After the first game I am asking questions about the technique on how to carry the ball so I don’t fumble. How realistic is it I will average over a 100 yards a game?
Enjoy your experience, I hope you do well. Prove me wrong. But I am afraid going in the 21s is too much of a stretch goal from someone who has no previous swimming background and expects to do it in one short season. Consider it a major victory if you break 25.
