A 400 is not a good "warm-up" nor a good "ice breaker". At smaller meets I prefer to start with an unimportant event to get the butterflies out of the way.
I agree with you on the first sentence. As for meet order, I think that is a bad idea. I'd rather not start a meet off on the wrong foot then have the rest of the meet hit the crapper. What happens when your favorite event is the very first event at nationals (I know your example was smaller meet)? It is always nice to have a throwaway to get the blood flowing, but there will come a time where you need to get rid of those butterflies the second you walk in the building, and then go swim your ass off right from the start. Why not prepare for it?
A 400 is not a good "warm-up" nor a good "ice breaker". At smaller meets I prefer to start with an unimportant event to get the butterflies out of the way.
I agree with you on the first sentence. As for meet order, I think that is a bad idea. I'd rather not start a meet off on the wrong foot then have the rest of the meet hit the crapper. What happens when your favorite event is the very first event at nationals (I know your example was smaller meet)? It is always nice to have a throwaway to get the blood flowing, but there will come a time where you need to get rid of those butterflies the second you walk in the building, and then go swim your ass off right from the start. Why not prepare for it?
