Hey everyone... so I've got a question. I'm trying to join my college's swim team this fall, and it will be my first time swimming with a team in around 5-6 years. (Yes, even when I've been swimming this summer I have to swim on my own because my schedule conflicts with the master's team.) Anyway, I was thinking that when I meet with the coach before the season starts to talk things over with her I might ask if I could come to the first practice and just watch, so that I know what I'm doing and how everything works.
Is that weird? I'm just sort of nervous about being the new person on a team, and not knowing where to go, what to bring...little things like that that the experienced swimmers have into a routine already.
All the same I don't want the coach to think I'm crazy before I've even started swimming...
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No it's not weird. It sounds like you are trying to join a really realxed team at the college level. Keep in mind that whenever we try something new that it is expected to feel a bit weird. If you go to practice with this new team at the start of the the season, you may not be the only new person there. It's an oppurtunity to bond, that if you sit out, you will not have that experience that EVERYONE goes through. It will be a missed oppurtunity.
I would go for it myself. Maybe ask for support from your fellow swimmers. You might find out there are others who are feeling a bit anxious and voila! You will go from being the only one to being part of a team.:D
No it's not weird. It sounds like you are trying to join a really realxed team at the college level. Keep in mind that whenever we try something new that it is expected to feel a bit weird. If you go to practice with this new team at the start of the the season, you may not be the only new person there. It's an oppurtunity to bond, that if you sit out, you will not have that experience that EVERYONE goes through. It will be a missed oppurtunity.
I would go for it myself. Maybe ask for support from your fellow swimmers. You might find out there are others who are feeling a bit anxious and voila! You will go from being the only one to being part of a team.:D
