Hi everyone, my first post here!
I have no experience in any formal swim training/competition whatsoever. Like alot of people, i was interested to attempt a first tri-athlon and therefore I dragged myself to the pool.
My experience in swimming was from elementary school, swimming everyday in HK (beach)- is that the same as open water, not sure what the difference is. Everyone said that open water swimming is different from the pool, does swimming at the beach count?
Anyways, I am fairly good with breaststroke endurance wise, I haven't really count or time myself, but my guess is I can do 30x 50meters okay.
However, I can't do other strokes. Don't know what's wrong with me coz i cannot get pass 25 yards with the crawl (breathing becomes difficult). Not sure if this is aerobic related or just my technique coz i can do it with breaststroke.
I really want to polish my front crawl and from all i read, everyone recommends the masters swims. Can i join the masters if i can barely do 25 yards of front crawl? I don't want to having to stop and cause traffic jam in the slow lane all the time.
Should I just practice in the pool until i can do 100meters before joining the masters so that I won't upset anyone?
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Most masters clubs are newcomer/beginner friendly. You’ve found the listings for your area so you can contact them (via the coach or a team representative) to get questions answered.
The best way to see if you will like a practice is to just show up. While it is probably a good idea to ask first, most teams are tolerant of drop-ins and visitors, so you should not have trouble trying out a team as a guest. This happens frequently as moving and business travel is common these days. Notice I did not say try out “for” the team. I can’t imagine a USMS registered team turning away any eligible (18y/o+) swimmer.
I relocated across state lines recently and every club I contacted was extremely warm and friendly, and all of them invited me to try some practices with them. This is simply good marketing since once a person finds a practice that suits them they are likely to be there for a while.
The USMS web has a handy guide to teams and clubs, including a “places to swim” listing. From a member standpoint, USMS operates starting at the LMSC level (then on down to clubs).
http://www.usms.org/lmsc/
Most masters clubs are newcomer/beginner friendly. You’ve found the listings for your area so you can contact them (via the coach or a team representative) to get questions answered.
The best way to see if you will like a practice is to just show up. While it is probably a good idea to ask first, most teams are tolerant of drop-ins and visitors, so you should not have trouble trying out a team as a guest. This happens frequently as moving and business travel is common these days. Notice I did not say try out “for” the team. I can’t imagine a USMS registered team turning away any eligible (18y/o+) swimmer.
I relocated across state lines recently and every club I contacted was extremely warm and friendly, and all of them invited me to try some practices with them. This is simply good marketing since once a person finds a practice that suits them they are likely to be there for a while.
The USMS web has a handy guide to teams and clubs, including a “places to swim” listing. From a member standpoint, USMS operates starting at the LMSC level (then on down to clubs).
http://www.usms.org/lmsc/
