Can someone please tell me what sandbagging is? I heard some people discussing it at my last meet, but didn't know exactly what they were talking about. It didn't sound very flattering though by the tone of their voices. Thanks in advance. :banana:
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I agree with a lot of what Fortress said here. On the West Coast, specifically the northern area, I never went to a meet that did not have all the slower heats first then followed by the faster heats and we all could count on this thus making entries a lot more decisive by the swimmers ahead of time.
I was accused of sandbagging the 50 back often and I never intentionally did this, but like Fort said about injuries/illness, for 3 years I had shoulder injuries and just did not know how well I would do, but then I have never been bothered by what others said about me. I also was accused of this for the 800m free at 1995 LCM Nationals because my time dropped 2 minutes. But I had never even timed an 800 before that meet; I only worked on 400s and estimated; happily I estimated wrong.
My ex-sister-in-law was a sprinter in fly and free and in workouts she always had to beat everyone. She had to win at everything she ever did or got really PO'd, so in workouts when someone would beat her, she'd just get out and say she was sick :(. She only lasted in masters about 2 years and I found that unfortunate; the girl could really sprint; she was her own worst enemy.:shakeshead:
I agree with a lot of what Fortress said here. On the West Coast, specifically the northern area, I never went to a meet that did not have all the slower heats first then followed by the faster heats and we all could count on this thus making entries a lot more decisive by the swimmers ahead of time.
I was accused of sandbagging the 50 back often and I never intentionally did this, but like Fort said about injuries/illness, for 3 years I had shoulder injuries and just did not know how well I would do, but then I have never been bothered by what others said about me. I also was accused of this for the 800m free at 1995 LCM Nationals because my time dropped 2 minutes. But I had never even timed an 800 before that meet; I only worked on 400s and estimated; happily I estimated wrong.
My ex-sister-in-law was a sprinter in fly and free and in workouts she always had to beat everyone. She had to win at everything she ever did or got really PO'd, so in workouts when someone would beat her, she'd just get out and say she was sick :(. She only lasted in masters about 2 years and I found that unfortunate; the girl could really sprint; she was her own worst enemy.:shakeshead:
