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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As the only person besides Joe himself that has ever seen Joey swim I can say that this goal is reasonable. He definitely has the strength and endurance to swim a 50 in 23. He just has to learn to perfect the small things. His start is improving a whole lot. We've been working on turns as well. Joe is a quick learner, i've never seen someone with no swimming experience pick it up this fast. Basically all our coach has to do is shift his athletic talent from football to swimming. And to Art, our coach is definitely one that can get Joe down to 23 no time. He knows how to fix all the little things that people cant do. Joe just need experience, and he'll get it. I bet next week he'll go a 26. ROCK ON JOEY!
As the only person besides Joe himself that has ever seen Joey swim I can say that this goal is reasonable. He definitely has the strength and endurance to swim a 50 in 23. He just has to learn to perfect the small things. His start is improving a whole lot. We've been working on turns as well. Joe is a quick learner, i've never seen someone with no swimming experience pick it up this fast. Basically all our coach has to do is shift his athletic talent from football to swimming. And to Art, our coach is definitely one that can get Joe down to 23 no time. He knows how to fix all the little things that people cant do. Joe just need experience, and he'll get it. I bet next week he'll go a 26. ROCK ON JOEY!
