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
all the other meets that you swim are prep for your big meets
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 -
How do I register to do a USS meet? Not a lot of meets in San Antonio, but Austin is not too far. I am planning on driving up to Houston for a meet on March 3rd, but that requires an overnight stay and 4 hour drive each way. I would really be interested in swimming meets in Austin.
Thanks,
Kathy
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
all the other meets that you swim are prep for your big meets
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 -
How do I register to do a USS meet? Not a lot of meets in San Antonio, but Austin is not too far. I am planning on driving up to Houston for a meet on March 3rd, but that requires an overnight stay and 4 hour drive each way. I would really be interested in swimming meets in Austin.
Thanks,
Kathy
