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:
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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
Well....I am "jumping" right into a pretty big one...South Central Zone SCY Championships! Crazy, ha?!
Anyway, you guys are the best! If most people at the meet are as nice as you are, I should do it as much as I can!!! :)
One of the guys I swim with told me that this meet is set by time not by age....is that possible? So if I am pretty slow I can be swimming side by side a 90 or an 18 year old? I know that on an application form I need to enter my seed time, is that what it's for? I am a bit confused about it.......The same guy told me that only "grandmas" start from the wall or jump off the side....he is very nice but this comment really messed me up.
Sorry I have so many question!
Thanks again for all the help! :notworthy:
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
Well....I am "jumping" right into a pretty big one...South Central Zone SCY Championships! Crazy, ha?!
Anyway, you guys are the best! If most people at the meet are as nice as you are, I should do it as much as I can!!! :)
One of the guys I swim with told me that this meet is set by time not by age....is that possible? So if I am pretty slow I can be swimming side by side a 90 or an 18 year old? I know that on an application form I need to enter my seed time, is that what it's for? I am a bit confused about it.......The same guy told me that only "grandmas" start from the wall or jump off the side....he is very nice but this comment really messed me up.
Sorry I have so many question!
Thanks again for all the help! :notworthy:
