Hey Everyone, I wanted to get some other swimmers inputs. I am currently a freshman in college and have been swimming year round since I was nine. I lived and breathed swimming all through high school and it was my life. Never did I think that I would quit swimming after my freshman year of college. I know longer love swimming and I can't continue to keep doing it. I will be giving up my scholarship next year AND will be transferring to school closer to home. I guess what I want to know is and I making one of the worst decisions of my life. I don't want to continue to do this but what if I miss it or I am miserable. I have my conference meet in three weeks and want to go out on a bang, just like everyone does when they are giving up something they love to do. My question is how do I get through this last three weeks and enjoy it and go out on a bang and what is your guys opinion on my decision to hang up swimming. I would love any opinions or feedback.
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I understand your feeling about swimming. I was swimming from maybe 3rd or 4th grade I also lived and breathed swimming. Swimming everyday all year until High School.
In HS I had alot of personal problems and just couldn't do it any more.. and just stopped.
Looking back.30yrs later- I wished I would not have just stopped...I don't know if I would have kept going... but I didn't like knowing I just walked out- and quit. I'm now back with my HS swim coach and we laugh that I own him 2 years.
Sometimes I think I was just burned out - along with the personal problems,
Could you just be burned out or have you hit a wall? Or do you have freshman- itist - meaning alot of freshmen start out in College then go -Yikes - this is not what I thought it was going to be and drop out of school. Do you feel like this in swimming?
We don't know how you feel I can only say don't make this decision because your mad or angry about something.
But, It sounds at though you have thought it threw and if you feel you have to stop for a while then maybe that is what you have to do..if that is the case just go out and have fun and go and rip threw the water in your last meet.
Seams like I remember a diver in the Olympics one year, was up on the board he was on his hands doing a hand stand getting ready to dive. Stopped, brought his feet down and walk off the board. He said he couldn't do this anymore and wouldn't dive if he could give it 100%.
Of course we encourage you to stay and keep swimming. Maybe keep with it until schools get out for the summer and take the summer off, then get back in the water and see how you feel. Maybe you will feel better and won't have to give up the scholarship.
I understand your feeling about swimming. I was swimming from maybe 3rd or 4th grade I also lived and breathed swimming. Swimming everyday all year until High School.
In HS I had alot of personal problems and just couldn't do it any more.. and just stopped.
Looking back.30yrs later- I wished I would not have just stopped...I don't know if I would have kept going... but I didn't like knowing I just walked out- and quit. I'm now back with my HS swim coach and we laugh that I own him 2 years.
Sometimes I think I was just burned out - along with the personal problems,
Could you just be burned out or have you hit a wall? Or do you have freshman- itist - meaning alot of freshmen start out in College then go -Yikes - this is not what I thought it was going to be and drop out of school. Do you feel like this in swimming?
We don't know how you feel I can only say don't make this decision because your mad or angry about something.
But, It sounds at though you have thought it threw and if you feel you have to stop for a while then maybe that is what you have to do..if that is the case just go out and have fun and go and rip threw the water in your last meet.
Seams like I remember a diver in the Olympics one year, was up on the board he was on his hands doing a hand stand getting ready to dive. Stopped, brought his feet down and walk off the board. He said he couldn't do this anymore and wouldn't dive if he could give it 100%.
Of course we encourage you to stay and keep swimming. Maybe keep with it until schools get out for the summer and take the summer off, then get back in the water and see how you feel. Maybe you will feel better and won't have to give up the scholarship.
