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
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seeding yourself either slow or fast will slow the meet up. to demonstrate, let's say there's 4 heats of 100 free, and the times in each heat are 1:15, 1:10, 1:05, and 1:00 just as an example. If someone with a 1:00 time sandbags, it moves a slower swimmer up a notch and increases the time the fast heat, for example the heats would take 1:15, 1:10, 1:05, and 1:05. If someone with a 1:15 seeds up to the final heat, it slows down the final heat without a compensating time drop in the other heats, they would be 1:15,1:10,1:05, and 1:15. In reality I think this only becomes a factor in longer races. 5 or 10 seconds here doesn't add up to much.
tip: remember what race you are swimming before diving in.
seeding yourself either slow or fast will slow the meet up. to demonstrate, let's say there's 4 heats of 100 free, and the times in each heat are 1:15, 1:10, 1:05, and 1:00 just as an example. If someone with a 1:00 time sandbags, it moves a slower swimmer up a notch and increases the time the fast heat, for example the heats would take 1:15, 1:10, 1:05, and 1:05. If someone with a 1:15 seeds up to the final heat, it slows down the final heat without a compensating time drop in the other heats, they would be 1:15,1:10,1:05, and 1:15. In reality I think this only becomes a factor in longer races. 5 or 10 seconds here doesn't add up to much.
tip: remember what race you are swimming before diving in.
