motivation

but the really popular fish are so hard to catch.....and crustacians are way to spiky....and...... The really popular fishes usually are already caught. (Except FlyQueen apparently. I don't understand that, she's so cool.) Swimchickee: Didn't you ask this same question in the "Plateaus and getting throught them" thread? I'm sorry you're still in a rut. Plateaus or relative plateaus can happen. If you recently started swimming and improved very quickly, you can't expect to keep improving at the same rapid rate. You can't always do PBs. Not sure what events you're swimming, but, if it's sprints, you may be talking tenths of a second. I also agree with Muppet. You might need to sprint more. Some meets you just swim through to get experience and shouldn't worry too much about your times. Some people I know like practice so much they don't even worry about resting for meets at all. So don't worry about mid-season meets. They may be a good time to try off events too. It helps to not be too event locked. Or you could do what Paul Smith and Ande do successfully. They switch their event focus from season to season to vary their training and meet schedules. I recall Quicksilver telling you you should be "SwimHawk" instead of swimchickee. This generally helps at meets. But if you're really nervous or uptight about meets and have a bit of a mental block, then you might just want to chill out and have more fun. Or maybe you're just swimming too many meets and need a break? Whatever it is, you either need to change your training or realize that you might be training hard and therefore can't do PBs all the time. If it's the latter, then a taper should yield some PBs. Or maybe you should take a TI clinic and be more Mindful. Maybe a stroke change would help out. What does your coach say? Is he/she giving you feedback on your stroke technique?

but the really popular fish are so hard to catch.....and crustacians are way to spiky....and...... The really popular fishes usually are already caught. (Except FlyQueen apparently. I don't understand that, she's so cool.) Swimchickee: Didn't you ask this same question in the "Plateaus and getting throught them" thread? I'm sorry you're still in a rut. Plateaus or relative plateaus can happen. If you recently started swimming and improved very quickly, you can't expect to keep improving at the same rapid rate. You can't always do PBs. Not sure what events you're swimming, but, if it's sprints, you may be talking tenths of a second. I also agree with Muppet. You might need to sprint more. Some meets you just swim through to get experience and shouldn't worry too much about your times. Some people I know like practice so much they don't even worry about resting for meets at all. So don't worry about mid-season meets. They may be a good time to try off events too. It helps to not be too event locked. Or you could do what Paul Smith and Ande do successfully. They switch their event focus from season to season to vary their training and meet schedules. I recall Quicksilver telling you you should be "SwimHawk" instead of swimchickee. This generally helps at meets. But if you're really nervous or uptight about meets and have a bit of a mental block, then you might just want to chill out and have more fun. Or maybe you're just swimming too many meets and need a break? Whatever it is, you either need to change your training or realize that you might be training hard and therefore can't do PBs all the time. If it's the latter, then a taper should yield some PBs. Or maybe you should take a TI clinic and be more Mindful. Maybe a stroke change would help out. What does your coach say? Is he/she giving you feedback on your stroke technique?