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:
Re: preparation for the meet. Is this your only meet for awhile,if so see all the threads about tapering.Certainly do enough BR to feel comfortable with what you are swimming in the meet,but if you are doing mostly free in workout don't change to too much BR too soon or you'll hurt your knees. As to whether to enter the 50 or the 100,do both and then you'll have a better idea of which is your best. If you feel competent to finish it,enter the 200 BR as fewer people will be entering it.
Re: preparation for the meet. Is this your only meet for awhile,if so see all the threads about tapering.Certainly do enough BR to feel comfortable with what you are swimming in the meet,but if you are doing mostly free in workout don't change to too much BR too soon or you'll hurt your knees. As to whether to enter the 50 or the 100,do both and then you'll have a better idea of which is your best. If you feel competent to finish it,enter the 200 BR as fewer people will be entering it.
