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 knelson
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.
Well, the only time I've ever been DQed, I wasn't told what my time was. In fact, I didn't even find out that I'd been DQed until the race results were posted on the wall about 20 minutes later, and then I had to seek out the ref to find out why.
Originally posted by knelson
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.
Well, the only time I've ever been DQed, I wasn't told what my time was. In fact, I didn't even find out that I'd been DQed until the race results were posted on the wall about 20 minutes later, and then I had to seek out the ref to find out why.
