Hi everyone! I am planning to go to my very first (all of my life, I was never a swimmer) meet this month...and am freaking out already!!!!! Maybe I should back out before it's too late? See, I am not all that fast and have never performed a start dive from a block.:shakeshead: Our Master's coach is not all that great, he is a nice man just as a coach I don't think I benefit all that much. To my question of how to make my breaststroke faster his response was "Drink more coffee"!!!:frustrated: I did get a private coach to help me but not sure if that's enough..... What should I do? Are all the odds against me? I was looking forward to this meet when it was 2-3 months away, but now......The meet is in 3 weeks..... Help!!!!!:notworthy:
Did my first masters meet last summer, after not swimming or competing for 20yrs. I knew my times would be slow, but I needed to see where I was at. I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say, it was very relaxed, everyone I met was freindly and civil. Probably the big thing I noticed was that most everyone was "racing themselves". If it's a small enough meet then you may be the only one in your age division, and since you don't have any times to post, you'll be in the slower heats. Maybe as a strategy, you could take it easy on your events, swim nice and easy, and then at your next meet go all out - then brag about how much progress you've made. :D
It seemed that everyone applauded each others efforts and that was cool. So like all these other posters say, just go out and have fun.
Did my first masters meet last summer, after not swimming or competing for 20yrs. I knew my times would be slow, but I needed to see where I was at. I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say, it was very relaxed, everyone I met was freindly and civil. Probably the big thing I noticed was that most everyone was "racing themselves". If it's a small enough meet then you may be the only one in your age division, and since you don't have any times to post, you'll be in the slower heats. Maybe as a strategy, you could take it easy on your events, swim nice and easy, and then at your next meet go all out - then brag about how much progress you've made. :D
It seemed that everyone applauded each others efforts and that was cool. So like all these other posters say, just go out and have fun.
