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:
Sandbaggers at practice bother me the most. I can't stand when people are lazy and loaf through a set then finish the practice with avengence and do the last set at warp speed. At meets it's different. I don't like being in a heat with someone that has totally sandbagged their time. BUT, to be honest, I really do race my own race and if towards the end there is someone ahead of me, I do my best to beat them. Since I mostly sprint, (okay or only sprint) I don't have time to breathe let alone look around and see where my competition is.
I hated it when I would swim a farther event and hear the gun when I had a 100 or more to go.
If you genuinely do not know your time, you can always either guess, based off of a practice time or NT yourself. I see several top swimmers NT themselves at big meets and that drives me nuts too, because then they are in the first heat.
The flip side is, you don't know why people do the things they do. Sometimes they have to leave early so they put a slower time so they can actually get the swim in. Sometimes they just drop huge time.
Practice sandbaggers are the worst though ...
Sandbaggers at practice bother me the most. I can't stand when people are lazy and loaf through a set then finish the practice with avengence and do the last set at warp speed. At meets it's different. I don't like being in a heat with someone that has totally sandbagged their time. BUT, to be honest, I really do race my own race and if towards the end there is someone ahead of me, I do my best to beat them. Since I mostly sprint, (okay or only sprint) I don't have time to breathe let alone look around and see where my competition is.
I hated it when I would swim a farther event and hear the gun when I had a 100 or more to go.
If you genuinely do not know your time, you can always either guess, based off of a practice time or NT yourself. I see several top swimmers NT themselves at big meets and that drives me nuts too, because then they are in the first heat.
The flip side is, you don't know why people do the things they do. Sometimes they have to leave early so they put a slower time so they can actually get the swim in. Sometimes they just drop huge time.
Practice sandbaggers are the worst though ...
