i've been training my hardest in practice, but in meets its just not there.
i dont know what could be wrong, but i have a hunch its my attitude. i have difficulty getting psyched up before events or else i just feel soooo sleepy and emotionally/physically drained.
while i swim i know i can go faster, but i just can't. and after swimming my events i don't even feel tired or dead like i should be feeling, as if i've held a part of me back while swimming.
i give it my all in practice, but fail in swim meets... and i haven't improved in a long time.
can any of you offer tips? suggestions?
if your body is tired, you must rest it; maybe do a small taper before that meet. The last thing you want is to do is go into a swim race tired for you will not perform well, thus, the vicious cycle you are experiencing.Donna
Donna:
I think I can truthfully say I've been tired for every meet I've ever swum. I never get enough sleep. But no doubt more sleep would be better. But it sounds like swimchickee has enough sleep for practices but not for meets?
Swimchickee:
I was thinking, maybe you should do some race simulation/meet rehearsals in practice. Go off the blocks, swim your races with lots of rest in between like an actual meet. I had a bit of a mental block with my goggle troubles. I had one dreadful meet, then only swam back at the next. I went into my zone meet without having done a single succesful racing dive in many months, and I was supposed to swim relays with my new team. I was a bit anxious, needless to say. So I went to a pool with starting blocks that I could use and really practiced. Lots and lots of starts. I also experimented with goggles. It worked. I've been trouble free ever since. I only wear speed sockets.
if your body is tired, you must rest it; maybe do a small taper before that meet. The last thing you want is to do is go into a swim race tired for you will not perform well, thus, the vicious cycle you are experiencing.Donna
Donna:
I think I can truthfully say I've been tired for every meet I've ever swum. I never get enough sleep. But no doubt more sleep would be better. But it sounds like swimchickee has enough sleep for practices but not for meets?
Swimchickee:
I was thinking, maybe you should do some race simulation/meet rehearsals in practice. Go off the blocks, swim your races with lots of rest in between like an actual meet. I had a bit of a mental block with my goggle troubles. I had one dreadful meet, then only swam back at the next. I went into my zone meet without having done a single succesful racing dive in many months, and I was supposed to swim relays with my new team. I was a bit anxious, needless to say. So I went to a pool with starting blocks that I could use and really practiced. Lots and lots of starts. I also experimented with goggles. It worked. I've been trouble free ever since. I only wear speed sockets.
