Heres the scoop. I've been swimming for about 3 years now. My best times (scy) are as follows:
500 free 5:13.something
200 free 157.something else
100 free 52.8
50 free 24.38
100 fly 59.7
I swim between 20,000 and 30,000 yards/week now. I'm 20 years old, (male). My question is, do you think that with the right training and work ethic I could make a cut for the Olympic Trials in 2012? I would expect to train between 2 and 3 hours/day. I know it may sound a little crazy given my times now but I believe that with 6 years to do it, I can. My goal would be to qualify for the 100,200, or 500 free.
And a couple more thoughts…
There will be around 350 men who qualify for the 2008 US Olympic trials. Most, if not all, are training with good to great coaches 20-30 hours per week. And, there are thousands more who are training just as hard without making the cuts. You need to be willing to commit to 8 to 10 or more workouts per week to have any real chance to qualify.
And to look at it another way, there are more men playing Major League Baseball then there will be qualifiers for the 2008 US swimming trials. So think about all the high school, college and minor league players that you would need to surpass, if your goal had been to play in the bigs in 6 years. Possible, yes, but it will require a tremendous effort and determination and hard work on your part. You have a very similar path with your swimming goal. Today there are over 2,000 swimmers with faster 100 times who will need to surpassed.
And the 2012 time standards and competition will most assuredly be tougher then 2008.
And a couple more thoughts…
There will be around 350 men who qualify for the 2008 US Olympic trials. Most, if not all, are training with good to great coaches 20-30 hours per week. And, there are thousands more who are training just as hard without making the cuts. You need to be willing to commit to 8 to 10 or more workouts per week to have any real chance to qualify.
And to look at it another way, there are more men playing Major League Baseball then there will be qualifiers for the 2008 US swimming trials. So think about all the high school, college and minor league players that you would need to surpass, if your goal had been to play in the bigs in 6 years. Possible, yes, but it will require a tremendous effort and determination and hard work on your part. You have a very similar path with your swimming goal. Today there are over 2,000 swimmers with faster 100 times who will need to surpassed.
And the 2012 time standards and competition will most assuredly be tougher then 2008.
