What is the fastest age for a swimmer(mine seems to be faster as i get older and yes i swam as a youngster...now im 37..)?
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Ion, are you under the misconception that the swimmers that are in the USMS Top 10 list are in there on the benefits of their age group training and not on their training now?
I personally know two people on the top 10's, one man is a former Olympian and now coaches my son, the other was a former age group record holder from Hawaii who swims with my son. Both these people train very hard. They also race a lot to get good at racing. When I watch them train and watch them swim I know they have earned the right to be on the top 10.
It sounds like you also train very hard, and it is frustrating to train as hard as the above and not earn that top 10 spot. But that is sport. I see it in age group all the time, some people are just better than others, period.
What I feel is wonderful about this sport is you don't have to be on the top 10 list to get an accomplishment out of it. Just the fact of improving your times each year should be considered an accomplishment. If you finally lick the flip turn problem, that should be considered an accomplishment.
On the flip turn thoughts, I certainly understand being faster without them as I have learned to do them recently, and they are tough. I think my biggest accomplishment in my last meet was flipping all my turns, both free and back!
Ion, are you under the misconception that the swimmers that are in the USMS Top 10 list are in there on the benefits of their age group training and not on their training now?
I personally know two people on the top 10's, one man is a former Olympian and now coaches my son, the other was a former age group record holder from Hawaii who swims with my son. Both these people train very hard. They also race a lot to get good at racing. When I watch them train and watch them swim I know they have earned the right to be on the top 10.
It sounds like you also train very hard, and it is frustrating to train as hard as the above and not earn that top 10 spot. But that is sport. I see it in age group all the time, some people are just better than others, period.
What I feel is wonderful about this sport is you don't have to be on the top 10 list to get an accomplishment out of it. Just the fact of improving your times each year should be considered an accomplishment. If you finally lick the flip turn problem, that should be considered an accomplishment.
On the flip turn thoughts, I certainly understand being faster without them as I have learned to do them recently, and they are tough. I think my biggest accomplishment in my last meet was flipping all my turns, both free and back!
