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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As long as my son has been on swim team(8 years) this is a reaccuring problem. I always tell him to focus on his work-out and not worry about others. I know it bothers him when people sprint what is suppose to be slow and then not do the hard stuff, but what can you do? You cannot control them. What is always really tough is that some of the kids are truly gifted natural athletes. They can not show up, mess around in work-outs and then go to meets and swim very fast. My son is the type that gets really slow from hard work-outs and tapers really well at the end of the season, so it is really hard to swim slow during meets that these kids are breezing through because they are not tired!
It is always nice to see them swim at the end of the season and see no taper, and the kids who have worked hard tapering well!
Just continue doing what you are doing and try not to let it affect your swimming. Lead by example and when you succeed, maybe they will get the hint.
As long as my son has been on swim team(8 years) this is a reaccuring problem. I always tell him to focus on his work-out and not worry about others. I know it bothers him when people sprint what is suppose to be slow and then not do the hard stuff, but what can you do? You cannot control them. What is always really tough is that some of the kids are truly gifted natural athletes. They can not show up, mess around in work-outs and then go to meets and swim very fast. My son is the type that gets really slow from hard work-outs and tapers really well at the end of the season, so it is really hard to swim slow during meets that these kids are breezing through because they are not tired!
It is always nice to see them swim at the end of the season and see no taper, and the kids who have worked hard tapering well!
Just continue doing what you are doing and try not to let it affect your swimming. Lead by example and when you succeed, maybe they will get the hint.
