Since I have been back swimming I have read a number of threads, comments, articles, where adults are swimming and working out with the local USS age group team.
This has been something I have considered for quite some time for all of the obvious advantages, but I have taken no action because of my slowness, fatness and old ageness.
I can't believe it, but I finally got the nerve up to contact the local USS swim coach to see if I could workout with the team and she said yes! I'm scared and excited all at the same time.
For those of you who swim with the age groupers, is there anything I should know? Any advice?
I'll find out soon enough next week. But, that's the beauty of being an adult, I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. So if the Coach is a tyrant, I'll just won't come back.
:thhbbb:I told a Masters coach we had that once. She was getting on me about not doing backstroke flip turns, which I was just not ready for yet. I told her I was an adult and I would learn the turn when I was darn well ready for it. She left me alone, and I learned the turn at my own pace.
I hope this coach is not like what I suggested, but the low numbers may indicate that. Kids want to have fun, and not succeeding day in and day out is not fun.
I'll find out soon enough next week. But, that's the beauty of being an adult, I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. So if the Coach is a tyrant, I'll just won't come back.
:thhbbb:I told a Masters coach we had that once. She was getting on me about not doing backstroke flip turns, which I was just not ready for yet. I told her I was an adult and I would learn the turn when I was darn well ready for it. She left me alone, and I learned the turn at my own pace.
I hope this coach is not like what I suggested, but the low numbers may indicate that. Kids want to have fun, and not succeeding day in and day out is not fun.
