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:
I unintentionally "sandbagged" my 200 breaststroke at nationals this summer. I hadn't swum a 200 *** in almost 20 years and hadn't done any long course swimming or much real training before I entered. I was conservative and entered at the cutoff time. What made matters worse was that there was one full heat in my age group and then me. They put me two heats earlier with the next age group up. I won my heat by quite a bit and went a lot faster than I knew I would. I did worry that I might have annoyed others but didn't intend to!!!
I unintentionally "sandbagged" my 200 breaststroke at nationals this summer. I hadn't swum a 200 *** in almost 20 years and hadn't done any long course swimming or much real training before I entered. I was conservative and entered at the cutoff time. What made matters worse was that there was one full heat in my age group and then me. They put me two heats earlier with the next age group up. I won my heat by quite a bit and went a lot faster than I knew I would. I did worry that I might have annoyed others but didn't intend to!!!
