Do we have to swim in a lot of meets to go fast? Of people that compete, it seems like there is a wide variance among forum members on meet attendance. Some go to many meets and some go to only a few a year. It seems like some people only attend the big meets or nationals. It obviously helps to get experience at meets, but how many do you need to compete in ideally to (1) swim fast and improve, and/or (2) do well at major competitions such as zones or nationals?
... I'm thinking maybe I should do more of what Poolraat does and swim in USS meets that my kid is at? It just doesn't sound very appealing to me.
Getting my butt kicked by 16 year olds isn't much fun. But for me, masters meets within traveling distance are few and far between. Even the closest one in Salt Lake City is a 3-1/2 hour drive. I'm going to try something different this spring since the only meet between now and nationals is the Salt Lake one in April. Since my wife is the coach of the AG team I'm going to have her arrange some time trials in April where I can race some of the kids on the team and hopefully that will help me be more prepared for Seattle.
... I'm thinking maybe I should do more of what Poolraat does and swim in USS meets that my kid is at? It just doesn't sound very appealing to me.
Getting my butt kicked by 16 year olds isn't much fun. But for me, masters meets within traveling distance are few and far between. Even the closest one in Salt Lake City is a 3-1/2 hour drive. I'm going to try something different this spring since the only meet between now and nationals is the Salt Lake one in April. Since my wife is the coach of the AG team I'm going to have her arrange some time trials in April where I can race some of the kids on the team and hopefully that will help me be more prepared for Seattle.
