So I return to school from my christmas break on Monday, and I have around 4-5 weeks of the season left.
I'm depressed.
As a lot of you know, I had a bad injury this year...and while I've been slowly and steadily healing, I'm still not 100%. I'm able to manage a few flip turns now, but can't do them on a constant basis. My speed and technique are still way off what they should be...due to my being out of the water for a while.
And I don't know how I'm going to get through the end of the season.
I mean all the rest of the girls on the team will be back from training trip, stronger and faster....they'll swim lots and then taper for our conference meet.
I don't even know if I'll swim in a meet.
Part of me wants to, of course, but another part of me doesn't ...because at this point I'm so far off what I should be that I...well I don't want to embarass myself.
Basically, this season has been a loss and I'm training for next year. How do I drag myself through the end of the season? Sigh....
I think I mentioned on your other thread, that this years training is probably going to be for next year. I do not have the same back injury, but having worked through a back injury, I knew how very long it takes to recover, and also how patient you have to be to allow yourself to recover.
Somehow you need to accept that the time you are putting in now IS valuable.......for next year. Work on that technique, make it as perfect as you can. In fact, that is what you should be talking to your coach about. Tell her you realize that there is not enough time to gear up for the team this year, but you want all the help you can get for improving for next year. Find out from your coach what you can do to train after the college season is over. Start thinking long term and get determined to be better, faster and stronger come next year.
Really time flies, and what you do in the pool between now and next fall really can make a difference in how next year's season goes.
For me, it has been 18months since I hurt my back. Last week I forgot to go to my chiropractice appointment. Usually my back tells me....time to go in, but my back has been behaving so well, I think going every 3 weeks, instead of every 2 will work now. It has been a long row, with some relapses.
You can work through this, and be stronger and better for it!
I think I mentioned on your other thread, that this years training is probably going to be for next year. I do not have the same back injury, but having worked through a back injury, I knew how very long it takes to recover, and also how patient you have to be to allow yourself to recover.
Somehow you need to accept that the time you are putting in now IS valuable.......for next year. Work on that technique, make it as perfect as you can. In fact, that is what you should be talking to your coach about. Tell her you realize that there is not enough time to gear up for the team this year, but you want all the help you can get for improving for next year. Find out from your coach what you can do to train after the college season is over. Start thinking long term and get determined to be better, faster and stronger come next year.
Really time flies, and what you do in the pool between now and next fall really can make a difference in how next year's season goes.
For me, it has been 18months since I hurt my back. Last week I forgot to go to my chiropractice appointment. Usually my back tells me....time to go in, but my back has been behaving so well, I think going every 3 weeks, instead of every 2 will work now. It has been a long row, with some relapses.
You can work through this, and be stronger and better for it!
