I am hoping to drop some time this summer by joining a summer swim program, which by the way...if anyone knows of good programs I'm still looking :) , but hopefully in Texas. Overall I need my times to go down about 30 to 40 seconds but I realize that is not going to happen in one summer. How much is a realistic goal to drop in one summer? I was hoping that maybe 10 to 20 seconds would be nice, or is that too much? Thanx a bunch!!!
~Kyra
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Hey Kyra,
In the way of "it can happen", I've been swimming about a year and a half now and I dropped my 200m free time by almost 10 seconds at a meet yesterday. In my case my pacing had been all wrong, someone looked at my 50m time and my 50m splits in the 200 and told me I was going out way too slow. And they were right! I also took more than two seconds off my 100m fly and my 100m free and more than a second off my 50m fly. The great part is that in each event there were things I know I can do better on with practice.
I'm not saying pacing will be the solution in your case but you are also very early on the learning curve and it is quite possible that with hard work and good coaching that you could make sudden dramatic improvements. It sure is a great feeling when you do!
Good luck!
Hey Kyra,
In the way of "it can happen", I've been swimming about a year and a half now and I dropped my 200m free time by almost 10 seconds at a meet yesterday. In my case my pacing had been all wrong, someone looked at my 50m time and my 50m splits in the 200 and told me I was going out way too slow. And they were right! I also took more than two seconds off my 100m fly and my 100m free and more than a second off my 50m fly. The great part is that in each event there were things I know I can do better on with practice.
I'm not saying pacing will be the solution in your case but you are also very early on the learning curve and it is quite possible that with hard work and good coaching that you could make sudden dramatic improvements. It sure is a great feeling when you do!
Good luck!
