On February 20, I'm hoping to go to my first swim meet......ever! :eek: I swam on the team when I was younger, but I never competed. I'm incredibly nervous already and I have no idea what to expect because I have never been to a meet before. I swam with my friend who is a coach, and I have what seems like a lot of work to do on my strokes. How realistic is it that I be ready by February? Obviously I won't be at the top of the field, but I'm hoping to at least not make a fool out of myself. But what I really want to know is what to expect. How do I train, and how do I taper? When do I start tapering? Do I even need to taper? Any good pre-meet workout ideas? Any thing that anyone can suggest would be helpful!!! Thanx a bunch!!
~Kyra
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Originally posted by Guvnah
You could stand on the steps at your house about the same height up and look down, and it won't seem like anything out of the ordinary, but for some reason when you get on that block at the pool and see it, especially for the first time, it might feel like you are standing on the high dive! Don't worry about doing any technique for the block-start the first meet. Just be sure you can do it so that when you get up there when it's your event, you'll have the confidence knowing that you've done it before. (And be sure your goggles will stay on!)
I have stood on the edge of my coffee table and practiced my grab and track starts (it helps with the height thing too). I just jumped off rather than dive, but have considered stacking up mattresses (sp) so that I could actually dive off. :) Any suggestions for making goggles stay on? I can dive off the wall and usually they stay on, but I'm kinda worried that from a block they won't. And how about backstroke starts? How different is it to start from a block then the wall? I'm hoping it will be easier because I can't seem to get good height off the wall.
~Kyra
Originally posted by Guvnah
You could stand on the steps at your house about the same height up and look down, and it won't seem like anything out of the ordinary, but for some reason when you get on that block at the pool and see it, especially for the first time, it might feel like you are standing on the high dive! Don't worry about doing any technique for the block-start the first meet. Just be sure you can do it so that when you get up there when it's your event, you'll have the confidence knowing that you've done it before. (And be sure your goggles will stay on!)
I have stood on the edge of my coffee table and practiced my grab and track starts (it helps with the height thing too). I just jumped off rather than dive, but have considered stacking up mattresses (sp) so that I could actually dive off. :) Any suggestions for making goggles stay on? I can dive off the wall and usually they stay on, but I'm kinda worried that from a block they won't. And how about backstroke starts? How different is it to start from a block then the wall? I'm hoping it will be easier because I can't seem to get good height off the wall.
~Kyra
