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
There will probably be two referees at the meet. They probably won't be too strict, but will DQ you if you do something obviously wrong. Don't worry about that. You'll still be able to see what your time was and then next time you'll know what you did wrong and you can correct it. I think even if you false start they generally let you still swim the race in Masters.
If breathing out of a turn was reason for a DQ darn near all of us would get deeked :)
My suggestion for pacing a 200 is try to take out the first 100 at a fast pace, but not all-out. The third 50 is the most important, and you should try to pick it up, then just give it whatever you have left for the last 50. If you can split the second 100 about two seconds slower than your first 100 that's a well swum race.
There will probably be two referees at the meet. They probably won't be too strict, but will DQ you if you do something obviously wrong. Don't worry about that. You'll still be able to see what your time was and then next time you'll know what you did wrong and you can correct it. I think even if you false start they generally let you still swim the race in Masters.
If breathing out of a turn was reason for a DQ darn near all of us would get deeked :)
My suggestion for pacing a 200 is try to take out the first 100 at a fast pace, but not all-out. The third 50 is the most important, and you should try to pick it up, then just give it whatever you have left for the last 50. If you can split the second 100 about two seconds slower than your first 100 that's a well swum race.
