Just admit it. Almost everyone sandbags from time to time. Look at Ande, entering at 28.9 in the 50 back to have clear water. Bunch of his times look pretty suspect. Peg completely sandbagged the 1000 free at Zones. I entered a coach-approved NT on the 100 IM at Zones and then scratched. Paul Smith is passing on a 100 free duel with evil Smith to save up for his world-record-shattering performance to be in the 200 medley relay. Julie Oplinger sandbagged her 100 fly at Zones. The list could go on forever, so you might as well join the Club.
As for Nats, because of my lack of expertise with sandbagging, I'm over my 25% statistical probability per race of landing in an outside lane.
(Sorry Osterber! :thhbbb:)
Here's another type - metric sandbagging. This occurs two ways:
1. When swimmers enter a meters meet with startlingly fast times - say 22-high in the 50 free and 50-low in the 100 free. 90% of the time these swimmers will (using the same example) then proceed to swim 26-low in the 50 and 57-something in the 100. Because their entry times were done in yards. (The other 10% of the time, enjoy it as a spectator because WOW that's some fast swimming!)
2. When swimmers enter a yards meet with meters times and then blow them away. This is indistinguishable from conventional sandbagging unless you happen to know where their entry times originated from.
Here's another type - metric sandbagging. This occurs two ways:
1. When swimmers enter a meters meet with startlingly fast times - say 22-high in the 50 free and 50-low in the 100 free. 90% of the time these swimmers will (using the same example) then proceed to swim 26-low in the 50 and 57-something in the 100. Because their entry times were done in yards. (The other 10% of the time, enjoy it as a spectator because WOW that's some fast swimming!)
2. When swimmers enter a yards meet with meters times and then blow them away. This is indistinguishable from conventional sandbagging unless you happen to know where their entry times originated from.
