Help! I'm going to my first practice ever for a master's swim team on Sunday morning. I've been swimming on my own since March and have worked up to 50 minute sessions-a little over a mile-3 days a week. I've never been coached or trained before, so the whole thing has me pretty intimidated. I've been reading the forum and from what I see, you all seem to recommend team training to improve. I'm over 40, still about 10 pounds heavier than I'd like to be but not in horrible shape. I'm a little nervous that I won't be able to keep up or that people will resent a slow untrained swimmer messing up their practice.
Any advice?
Thanks!!
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Thanks. From reading the forum and the articles on the website I've started to get an idea of the lingo. I know about intervals and drills but I've never tried them. I just do my 2000 meters freestyle 3x a week, slowly. The posts I've read say that I will never know how good a swimmer I could be if that's all I do, which led me to contact a local master's team. There are faster swimmers at the Y, but I've been shy about approaching any of them for advice.
Thanks. From reading the forum and the articles on the website I've started to get an idea of the lingo. I know about intervals and drills but I've never tried them. I just do my 2000 meters freestyle 3x a week, slowly. The posts I've read say that I will never know how good a swimmer I could be if that's all I do, which led me to contact a local master's team. There are faster swimmers at the Y, but I've been shy about approaching any of them for advice.
