Why are there more men than woman in masters swimming? Everyone says that women's events always end before the men's events (and thus we have to keep that odd/even rule for pools at nationals). Is this still true? The last meet I attended there were 62 heats of women and 65 of men.
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I'm not quite sure either why the ratio is low. But there sure are a lot of women in OTHER sports (soccer, tennis, volleyball, baseball). Did it just not "interest" a decade of women like these other sports? Is the swimming environment just too isolated? After all, even while swimming with others, it is less of a team situation and more of a one-on-one environment than some of the other sports excluding relays of course.
Or, has there been a lapse in the grit it takes to succeed at swimming very well because a swimmer needs quality technique training and maybe some of those "pool-side" coaches weren't instilling the skills needed to perform well.
Gosh, this could go on forever if you think about it. All I know is swimming was for me and still is and for a thousand reasons why. And watching an elite woman swimmer is mesmerizing. I have to drop the name of Laura Val here. Absolute awe watching this woman. Practically unbeatable in all events. Watching an elite woman swimmer just makes me shake my head in awe.
(Guess I got off topic a tad !! ooops!)
Donna
I am just grateful to have found my niche and it's H20.
Donna
I'm not quite sure either why the ratio is low. But there sure are a lot of women in OTHER sports (soccer, tennis, volleyball, baseball). Did it just not "interest" a decade of women like these other sports? Is the swimming environment just too isolated? After all, even while swimming with others, it is less of a team situation and more of a one-on-one environment than some of the other sports excluding relays of course.
Or, has there been a lapse in the grit it takes to succeed at swimming very well because a swimmer needs quality technique training and maybe some of those "pool-side" coaches weren't instilling the skills needed to perform well.
Gosh, this could go on forever if you think about it. All I know is swimming was for me and still is and for a thousand reasons why. And watching an elite woman swimmer is mesmerizing. I have to drop the name of Laura Val here. Absolute awe watching this woman. Practically unbeatable in all events. Watching an elite woman swimmer just makes me shake my head in awe.
(Guess I got off topic a tad !! ooops!)
Donna
I am just grateful to have found my niche and it's H20.
Donna
