I am moving to a new town for school where swimming is not offered at the school and I need people to swim with other wise my workouts become bland and stale. I was wondering what are the parameters to joining a masters group. I have have only been "swimming" 5 days a week for 8 months. I can do a 50yd in 32 sec and a hundred in 1:15, not fast but I work hard. I think it would be extremely beneficial to my swimming and I could meet people who do the same thing I love to do.
Swim25,
All it takes is a desire to swim. Masters has a wide range of swimmers from those who swim for fitness to those who train for national meets. I'm sure that there is a lane with your name on it somewhere. So find a Masters team near you, talk to the coach and see if you can swim a couple of practices as a trial.
Welcome to the forum and happy swimming
Paul
When you guys list your 50 times, are you talking about off a dive or from a standstill? I'm 40 years-old and just started trying to swim seriously 2 months ago (up until then I was an infrequent casual swimmer and slowest swimmer in the world titleholder). I have been watching a lot of youtube video, lol. I haven't really had the opportunity to test the 50y long course freestyle yet, so my sprint times are all 25y from a standstill. My best time was 13 seconds.
I'm not sure how I would do in a 50, haven't tried it yet. I find that I am still paying so much attention to stroke form that just the concentration it requires wears me out. I'll forget to exhale because of trying to stay streamlined and high-elbowed. Is it a good idea to throw in the occassional sprints at this point in my development, or wait until the stroke is 2nd nature?
Generally times that are quoted are a dive start from a block. Most folks do indicate times that are not such as:
32 from a push - in water push off
28 flat start - generally from deck side
31 rolling start - time starts as the feet leave the wall
etc
Swim25,
All it takes is a desire to swim. Masters has a wide range of swimmers from those who swim for fitness to those who train for national meets. I'm sure that there is a lane with your name on it somewhere. So find a Masters team near you, talk to the coach and see if you can swim a couple of practices as a trial.
Welcome to the forum and happy swimming
Paul
You'll also need to be at least 18 years of age.
It takes a $30 check and the moral fortitude to ignore all of Stud's posts.
Please, if you promise to leave now I'll pay $60 in your name but you gotta stay gone :p
I am moving to a new town for school where swimming is not offered at the school and I need people to swim with other wise my workouts become bland and stale. I was wondering what are the parameters to joining a masters group. I have have only been "swimming" 5 days a week for 8 months. I can do a 50yd in 32 sec and a hundred in 1:15, not fast but I work hard. I think it would be extremely beneficial to my swimming and I could meet people who do the same thing I love to do.
It doesn't take anything. You swim at your own pace and for your own goals. Those times look like mine did back after a few months of training.
I trained alone for over a year, using help from here and some othe guides from various web pages.
At Zones, I went a 29 low for the 50 that season, and got my 100 down into the 1:10 area shortly after. I am sure if you go to a good meet you'll get a few "wow" swims!
