I hate people who skip parts of the workouts. We have swimmers who are bull****ing their workout. and meanwhile Me and a couple of other dedicated swimmers on the team are actually working as hard as we can. and then the people who are skipping workouts, are telling ME that I am doing something wrong. they are beginners, and I have been swimming for 7 yrs. sorry about my tantrum, but I had to tell somebody. what are some of your thoughts on this? thanks!
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By and large swimming is not considered a team sport. Having said that, I believe swimming is a team sport. Team in the sense that swimmers work hard in practice, and they do so “together”. Your team most likely enters swim meets as a team and you swim relays, which falls under the team umbrella. My point is simple; anything that detracts from the teams goals and efforts can be a serious source of irritation.
Obviously, when your fellow swimmers are jaking (loafing in old swimming terms) and missing practices it hammers the cohesiveness of the team’s efforts. When this occurs it is the responsibility of the coach to deal with these type issues and motivate, lead and guide the swimmers in a positive direction. My suggestion would be to talk with your coach and tell him/her your thoughts and feeling regarding this issue.
Lastly, I learned the hard way in my life that the actions of others cannot impact ME unless I allow them to impact me. Keep focused on your goals, your commitment and your set of standards and never let the other guy bring YOU DOWN.
I swam with a great Masters Team in Texas for many years. We had a guy from France swim with us for a year and a half while in the States on a business assignment. He had a rather annoying habit of showing up at practice a half hour to forty five minutes after the tough sets began. Then he warmed up and wanted to swim hard against the rest of team. By that time we were in the middle of the grind section of the workouts and were already hammered. He used to smile when he would hammer me in repeat sets of 100, 200 and 300’s, and he got under my skin more then once. I never told him his showing up late annoyed me and none of the other swimmers did either. What we did do was warm up for an extra forty five minutes one morning to be fresh and waiting for him to show up and want to do battle. The entire team was gnawing the chrome of the rails waiting for this guy to show up. When he did, we collectively hammered him in every set. Interestingly enough, he began to show up on time after that. Our team somewhat suspected the coach may have taken him aside and shined the flash light in his ear with respect to manners and showing up for workouts on time.
Rise above it JCFLY, and keep focused on the positive goals you have set for yourself.
By and large swimming is not considered a team sport. Having said that, I believe swimming is a team sport. Team in the sense that swimmers work hard in practice, and they do so “together”. Your team most likely enters swim meets as a team and you swim relays, which falls under the team umbrella. My point is simple; anything that detracts from the teams goals and efforts can be a serious source of irritation.
Obviously, when your fellow swimmers are jaking (loafing in old swimming terms) and missing practices it hammers the cohesiveness of the team’s efforts. When this occurs it is the responsibility of the coach to deal with these type issues and motivate, lead and guide the swimmers in a positive direction. My suggestion would be to talk with your coach and tell him/her your thoughts and feeling regarding this issue.
Lastly, I learned the hard way in my life that the actions of others cannot impact ME unless I allow them to impact me. Keep focused on your goals, your commitment and your set of standards and never let the other guy bring YOU DOWN.
I swam with a great Masters Team in Texas for many years. We had a guy from France swim with us for a year and a half while in the States on a business assignment. He had a rather annoying habit of showing up at practice a half hour to forty five minutes after the tough sets began. Then he warmed up and wanted to swim hard against the rest of team. By that time we were in the middle of the grind section of the workouts and were already hammered. He used to smile when he would hammer me in repeat sets of 100, 200 and 300’s, and he got under my skin more then once. I never told him his showing up late annoyed me and none of the other swimmers did either. What we did do was warm up for an extra forty five minutes one morning to be fresh and waiting for him to show up and want to do battle. The entire team was gnawing the chrome of the rails waiting for this guy to show up. When he did, we collectively hammered him in every set. Interestingly enough, he began to show up on time after that. Our team somewhat suspected the coach may have taken him aside and shined the flash light in his ear with respect to manners and showing up for workouts on time.
Rise above it JCFLY, and keep focused on the positive goals you have set for yourself.
