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?
Swim in at least one meet while you are tapered and shaved in a fast pool during each of the masters seasons in each year.
SCY till 5/31
LCM till 8/31 and
SCM till 12/31
Go for top 10's and glory
Go with convenience,
scy I plan to swim in zones and maybe nationals, but
I also enter a few USS when they are in Austin, cause it's a awesome pool and convenient. Like American Short Course Championships
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This is exactly what I try to do each year! 2-3 SCY, 2 SCM and 1 LCM. I like the different lengths, but I never get to swim all the events I would ideally like to swim without more meets. (I can't swim 5-7 events per meet, too tiring.) 2 of those are usually "big" meets as well, so not much meet practice unfortunately. I've never really hit a taper right, as I mentioned on your other thread. Something usually interferes with training like an ill-timed cold or injury. Maybe this spring! So I end up resting a bit for each meet and more for the "big" one. If you only swim in a few meets, is it a good idea to rest a bit for each one to make them count? I just don't go to enough in-season training meets to completely swim through them ... I guess I did that at one meet last summer before Worlds. But if you want to get good times in SCY, SCM and LC, it seems like you've got to go for it at the non-big meets in fast pools too. A few of us here have a SCM meet in a fast pool coming up in March three weeks before zones. Rest some or not?
You're right -- convenience is key. I am very lucky this year. Zones are at my home pool! Nationals are far, far away.
Swim in at least one meet while you are tapered and shaved in a fast pool during each of the masters seasons in each year.
SCY till 5/31
LCM till 8/31 and
SCM till 12/31
Go for top 10's and glory
Go with convenience,
scy I plan to swim in zones and maybe nationals, but
I also enter a few USS when they are in Austin, cause it's a awesome pool and convenient. Like American Short Course Championships
Ande
Ande:
This is exactly what I try to do each year! 2-3 SCY, 2 SCM and 1 LCM. I like the different lengths, but I never get to swim all the events I would ideally like to swim without more meets. (I can't swim 5-7 events per meet, too tiring.) 2 of those are usually "big" meets as well, so not much meet practice unfortunately. I've never really hit a taper right, as I mentioned on your other thread. Something usually interferes with training like an ill-timed cold or injury. Maybe this spring! So I end up resting a bit for each meet and more for the "big" one. If you only swim in a few meets, is it a good idea to rest a bit for each one to make them count? I just don't go to enough in-season training meets to completely swim through them ... I guess I did that at one meet last summer before Worlds. But if you want to get good times in SCY, SCM and LC, it seems like you've got to go for it at the non-big meets in fast pools too. A few of us here have a SCM meet in a fast pool coming up in March three weeks before zones. Rest some or not?
You're right -- convenience is key. I am very lucky this year. Zones are at my home pool! Nationals are far, far away.
