this thread is here for us to share tid bits of wisdom about swimming
stuff like
get your cap wet before you put it on.
keep your racing suit dry before you race.
Don't warm up in your racing suit
don't breathe on the last stroke into a turn
or your first stroke out of a turn
ande
Unless your name is Fortress, then it's OK. :thhbbb:
Paul
In the future, I am doing anything not to have to swim against bare walls in a championship meet. I don't particularly notice people in adjacent lanes anyway. (Besides, I've only entered an NT once with the meet director's permission. Otherwise my times are in the ballpark.) My view is that sandbagging or shaving your time slightly is so commonplace it's ridiculous. The only people who typically don't are the ones seeded first and they are assured of lane 4.
Tip: If you are looking for a good time and it's not a practice meet, pick a fast pool with lane lines and no bare walls.
Tip: Put plastic baggies on your feet to slip into fast skins more easily.
Tip: Put your goggles under your cap.
Tip: Get a good ENT doc. Swimming is hazardous on the sinuses.
Unless your name is Fortress, then it's OK. :thhbbb:
Paul
In the future, I am doing anything not to have to swim against bare walls in a championship meet. I don't particularly notice people in adjacent lanes anyway. (Besides, I've only entered an NT once with the meet director's permission. Otherwise my times are in the ballpark.) My view is that sandbagging or shaving your time slightly is so commonplace it's ridiculous. The only people who typically don't are the ones seeded first and they are assured of lane 4.
Tip: If you are looking for a good time and it's not a practice meet, pick a fast pool with lane lines and no bare walls.
Tip: Put plastic baggies on your feet to slip into fast skins more easily.
Tip: Put your goggles under your cap.
Tip: Get a good ENT doc. Swimming is hazardous on the sinuses.
