:help: Sorry, just a rant for those of you out there who sympathsize with my college swimming experience..
Okay, I have not spoken to my coach since his comment after my 100free at championships regarding the fact that I don't have any heart, and thats why I am swimming poorly. I can't imagine saying that someone doesn't have heart, when they've given sweat, blood and tears to the sport all in one season. If I wasn't caring that I was stinking, then maybe it would be reasonable to say I didn't have heart, but I was miserable and trying anything to improve my season...so that annoyed me, and I didn't talk to him for the rest of the meet, and haven't talked to him since.
Got an e-mail today that he is making it mandatory that we attend 3 practices a week with him, from now till the end of the semester.
#1. it has been 3 months since championships==why now?
#2. This is the most hectic time of the semester for EVERYONE
#3. I don't want to swim with him in the off season, which is why I am doing masters
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Anyone else find this bizarre? I can't imagine a college swimmer getting upset about having to train year round. Good thing this guy didn't decide to swim for Stanford! :)
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I would say that that is a drastic measure, but keep in mind that we all chose this program for specific reasons...and maybe he chose it because it was not a hardcore, strict program. He has really bad shoulders, and now back too. He said he wouldnt mind a cross training program-biking or what not, but swimming he doesn't want to do because like I said, he has come to hate it as a result of our program here and because of his injuries. I mean, I don't agree with him, I think thats a little irrational, but I don't blame him. We did not have post season training last year, and there was no mention of it until yesterday when we got that e-mail. If we had been prepped for it, it might have been another thing...but getting an e-mail 3 weeks from the end of school, saying we all of a sudden need to rearrange our schedules to accomandate the 1 practice he is going to offer each day--of which we need to find a way to attend 3 a week, is :frustrated: . I can't imagine even 1/2 the team will show up...because there just isnt the time for it at this point...if you were counting on those 6hours a week to get your work done, (as I was--since the practices he is offering are mid-day rather than early morning or evening like during season) thats 6hours your losing.
I mean I'm not even mad at him for having post season workouts-in fact I think its a good idea, and wish he had done it last year, but giving us 2.5 months off and then trying to instate this in the last 3 weeks of the semester is what has me ticked, I think most college kids would attest to this being the highest stress time of the year:woot:
Anyone else find this bizarre? I can't imagine a college swimmer getting upset about having to train year round. Good thing this guy didn't decide to swim for Stanford! :)
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I would say that that is a drastic measure, but keep in mind that we all chose this program for specific reasons...and maybe he chose it because it was not a hardcore, strict program. He has really bad shoulders, and now back too. He said he wouldnt mind a cross training program-biking or what not, but swimming he doesn't want to do because like I said, he has come to hate it as a result of our program here and because of his injuries. I mean, I don't agree with him, I think thats a little irrational, but I don't blame him. We did not have post season training last year, and there was no mention of it until yesterday when we got that e-mail. If we had been prepped for it, it might have been another thing...but getting an e-mail 3 weeks from the end of school, saying we all of a sudden need to rearrange our schedules to accomandate the 1 practice he is going to offer each day--of which we need to find a way to attend 3 a week, is :frustrated: . I can't imagine even 1/2 the team will show up...because there just isnt the time for it at this point...if you were counting on those 6hours a week to get your work done, (as I was--since the practices he is offering are mid-day rather than early morning or evening like during season) thats 6hours your losing.
I mean I'm not even mad at him for having post season workouts-in fact I think its a good idea, and wish he had done it last year, but giving us 2.5 months off and then trying to instate this in the last 3 weeks of the semester is what has me ticked, I think most college kids would attest to this being the highest stress time of the year:woot:
