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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Did you know that you don't have to qualify to swim at nationals? You can swim in up to 3 events without meeting the NQT for them. originally posted by h2oru
Yaeh...but I want to swim 5 or 6 events if I go (might as well since it is a long drive to Ft. Lauderdale)......Also I want to enter my events with entry times that are as fast as possible..... in the hopes that I might get seeded in one of the faster heats (if not the fastest heat?) in as many of the events as I can (wishful thinking perhaps??).....I think you have to put the date of the meet where you made the times that you enter for each event you enter at Nationals?....(meaning that you're not suppose to just make up times that you think you're capable of swimming??)....Of course I'm not 100% sure about this....I am just going by what I read on the entry forms themselves.
newmastersswimmer
p.s....Thanks for the vote of confidence Seagurl!!...Good luck to you also on April 9th and 10th!!
Did you know that you don't have to qualify to swim at nationals? You can swim in up to 3 events without meeting the NQT for them. originally posted by h2oru
Yaeh...but I want to swim 5 or 6 events if I go (might as well since it is a long drive to Ft. Lauderdale)......Also I want to enter my events with entry times that are as fast as possible..... in the hopes that I might get seeded in one of the faster heats (if not the fastest heat?) in as many of the events as I can (wishful thinking perhaps??).....I think you have to put the date of the meet where you made the times that you enter for each event you enter at Nationals?....(meaning that you're not suppose to just make up times that you think you're capable of swimming??)....Of course I'm not 100% sure about this....I am just going by what I read on the entry forms themselves.
newmastersswimmer
p.s....Thanks for the vote of confidence Seagurl!!...Good luck to you also on April 9th and 10th!!
