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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One aspect of sandbagging that I've noticed in the only Masters meets in which I've participated, Canadian local meets in Ottawa, is what I call show-off-ism. You can even tell from the body language of some swimmers (no disrespect to any particular group but I noticed that most of these sandbaggers fall in the mid-20's to mid-40's Men's groups) that they have deliberately added some 7 to 10 seconds to their 50 Free LCM, so that they can out-touch everyone else in their lane (Oops! I meant "heat") by a good margin and thus impress the gallery.
Now, IMHO, any gallery that is impressed by a 30-year old guy beating his 60+, 70+ and 80+ opponents -in the same heat- by ten or twenty meters, has no idea what Masters Swimming is about and how "points" or "wins" are scored (and is not worth impressing).
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One aspect of sandbagging that I've noticed in the only Masters meets in which I've participated, Canadian local meets in Ottawa, is what I call show-off-ism. You can even tell from the body language of some swimmers (no disrespect to any particular group but I noticed that most of these sandbaggers fall in the mid-20's to mid-40's Men's groups) that they have deliberately added some 7 to 10 seconds to their 50 Free LCM, so that they can out-touch everyone else in their lane (Oops! I meant "heat") by a good margin and thus impress the gallery.
Now, IMHO, any gallery that is impressed by a 30-year old guy beating his 60+, 70+ and 80+ opponents -in the same heat- by ten or twenty meters, has no idea what Masters Swimming is about and how "points" or "wins" are scored (and is not worth impressing).
Cheers
