Strengths and weaknesses?

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:18:41 GMT

Strengths: Being older than Rich Abrahams Allergy to work (lazy) Ability to ignore *** & backstroke Ability to ignore the existence of anything longer than 100 Being able to burn more calories than the beer & wine intake Weaknesses: Having Rich Abrahams in my age group for one year Allergy to work (lazy) Fascination with the 50 fly Succumbing to pressure to swim a 100 Single malt scotch Strengths: Being younger than Ian Smith (but that counts for nothing in this case) A good memory of how fast I was 45 years ago Ability to ignore Back, *** and Fly Ability to scratch out of anything longer than 100m (even if I did register) Weaknesses Having Ian Smith in my age group for the next few years (idem for Ian's number 2) Forget the fly I'll register for the 100m free (LCM) which is after the 50 and then I'll take myself off the list after the 50 and my strongest weakness: Pretty women. There I've bared my ...................................................................................................................... soul.

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:45:24 GMT

Strengths: Inward humour--I mean I'm wearing lycra panties and have shaved my body...how can I myself too seriously? Outward humour--you should see what you look like in lyrca panties! Spent much of childhood in swimming pool...very comfortable. Good strength and ability to gain muscle. Not really giving a crap about my times against anyone else. Blessed with natural affinity for ***. Enjoy my time in water Willing to help others to do well Good cheerleader--wont let you sulk, Try to find the silver lining in a bad swim experience. No age group HS/UNI burnout. Self centred at workout time. Weaknesses: Lazy kick. No real age group swimming. Baileys over ice after swimming on fridays...um it's not meant to be drunk like a shake. Injuries. Kryptonite. Limited techinical knowledge. No coach. No team. Backstroke. Can get easily sucked into social loafing at the wall.

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Former Member — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:29:15 GMT

Strengths: look like I should be able to swim fast Weaknesses: can't

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:00:38 GMT

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:05:01 GMT

Welcome back to swimming james lucas! We're glad you're here!

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Allen Stark — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:50:01 GMT

Strengths Physical-Very flexible ankles and knees.Good leg strength. Mental-Always searching for new tips and techniques,excellent at psyching up for meets,sprinters mentality. Weaknesses-Physical-bad back,shoulders and knees that are always one hard workout from injury.Sprinters mentality(I get bored swimming distance free and for me distance is anything over 200.)

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:14:58 GMT

Wait a minute! You just told us all that your SDKs stink. :thhbbb: Bill, that was hilarious. Thank you. Good wine and beer a weakness? How can we get in the trash talking celebratory spirit without it? Yeah. Well. Call me slooooow to catch on! :p

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:30:08 GMT

*Strength: Ability to comsume massive amounts of food and Beer (fortunately I brew my own :drink:), Aerobic Fitness, Mental toughness, willingness to try new things, access to a pool, have an e-Coach, Cross Training, Pull, Lots of Toys *Weaknesses: Flexibility, Technique, Kicking, Flip Turns, Starts, Pacing, Stroke rate, DPS, Free style, Fly, Back stroke, *** stroke, Breathing off the walls, Swimming experience, Competition experience, no access to a live coach or team, swim alone, access to a 25y pool only *In order of importance

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:18:50 GMT

Strengths: - some natural talent - high pain tolerance - hyper-competitive Weaknesses: - hyper-competitive - inability to come to terms with effects of ageing :toohurt: - sweet tooth

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Allen Stark — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:43:49 GMT

Sylvia,about 1600M is a mile.As I have a sprint mentality(see above post) I never swim so far in a set that I lose count.

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

rtodd — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:22:06 GMT

That would be a weakness.

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:51:30 GMT

Can't answer. Competition may be reading. :lmao:

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Sylvia — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:38:41 GMT

How do you count your lengths or laps? Do you recommend a watch that you use to do this? I can't keep track of counting and don't want to. How many meters make a mile?

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

chlorini — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:16:38 GMT

Strengths: endurance, technique, love for the sport and training, willingness to swim and train all strokes and distances, coachability Weaknesses: sprinting, strength, and the lack of a truly explosive start

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

pwolf66 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:14:17 GMT

Weaknesses: Kick. Turns. Mental toughness. Conditioning. Time to swim. Aerobic base. Fondness for beer. Fondness for wine. Fondness for wine and beer. Two kids. Starts. Streamline. Aging body. Pacing. Kick. Stroke rate. SPL. Technique. Dryland and cross training. Distance. Sprints. Middle distance. Breathing. Breathing patterns. Splitting. Lack of independent wealth. Work schedule. Fly. Dolphin kicks. SDK. Back stroke. Long course. Short course. Open water. ***. Swimming experience. Competition experience. Free. Stubborn. Misguided. Closed-minded. Intransigent. Frequently uncoachable. Inflexible -- physically, too. And did I mention kick yet? So other than that, you're a fantastic swimmer?? :thhbbb::thhbbb::thhbbb: Paul

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

The Fortress — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:29:32 GMT

Can't answer. Competition may be reading. :lmao: Wait a minute! You just told us all that your SDKs stink. :thhbbb: Bill, that was hilarious. Thank you. Good wine and beer a weakness? How can we get in the trash talking celebratory spirit without it?

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

james lucas — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:55:13 GMT

Ever since I started swimming half-way through high school, nothing has held my interest quite like swimming. Back in November, when I told my parents about my first master’s meet, I could hear them laughing over the phone as they remembered how, a very long time ago, I once got carried away with age-group and school swimming. Enthusiasm has helped me find the reserves to overcome my real weaknesses: I always have a so-so kick and more than once some apparently slow girl has out-kicked me in a workout (no problem: get a kickboard and get to work, and forget about the coach who says fast kickers are fast swimmers); I have never been beer-can-crusher strong (no problem: there’s an exercise program for that, and besides finesse may matter more); I lack the emotional stamina for a race in which my legs hurt for four minutes and the guy in the next lane won’t slow down and just lose (no problem: everyone knows the 500-free is just a bad idea and that reasonable people stop swimming after 200 yards); I’ve never gotten along with coaches who are authoritarians (the joke at work is that I don’t like authority, even when I’m in charge – the great thing about master’s swimming is that I get to pick the coach, not the other way around, and if there’s a coach who doesn’t like the fact that I’m stepping to the blocks with my suit untied, well I’m not forcing them to stick around and coach). Only time will tell if passion alone will be enough to overcome my newer and perhaps larger problems: I feel slow; the clock confirms that I’m slow; and I’m hard pressed to turn times today that once were easy warm-up sets. Age appears to be a problem – but it’s also an advantage: until I packed my kids off to college this year, I simply did not have the time to swim (or get carried away, again, with swimming).

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

BillS — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:20:15 GMT

Strength: Pull Weaknesses: Kick. Turns. Mental toughness. Conditioning. Time to swim. Aerobic base. Fondness for beer. Fondness for wine. Fondness for wine and beer. Two kids. Starts. Streamline. Aging body. Pacing. Kick. Stroke rate. SPL. Technique. Dryland and cross training. Distance. Sprints. Middle distance. Breathing. Breathing patterns. Splitting. Lack of independent wealth. Work schedule. Fly. Dolphin kicks. SDK. Back stroke. Long course. Short course. Open water. ***. Swimming experience. Competition experience. Free. Stubborn. Misguided. Closed-minded. Intransigent. Frequently uncoachable. Inflexible -- physically, too. And did I mention kick yet?

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Former Member — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:03:52 GMT

the mind that understands . . . the body that just won't

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

pwolf66 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:10 GMT

Strengths: Physical Strength, feel for the water, good shoulder flexibility Weaknesses: Poor leg flexibility, lack of mental 'toughness', impatience

RE: Strengths and weaknesses?

Iwannafly — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:35:49 GMT

Mine are similar Strengths: Strength, flexibility (only with twice weekly yoga) Stubborn, determined, willingness to try new drills/techniques Weaknesses: Horribly inflexible ankles and inferior kick (also, coordination as evidenced by my backstroke and fly;)) Also lazy about counting strokes and sometimes lacking in mental toughness