What seed times do you use when registering for Master's meets?
A) your best time in a master's meet
B) Your most recent time
C) What you think you will swim for this particular meet
D) other
I have been going with 'C', but am curious what other folks do...
Masters swimming _does_ have a large standard deviation on seed times. There are plenty of people who _are_ trying to put good seed times, but are then off. Often, people tend to underestimate themselves. Other times, you get people who were training really well when the entry was due, and then work exploded, or they were sent away on business, or any of the other things happened that we call "life", and they couldn't get in the pool as much.
For me, all I ask is that people make an honest effort. When you watch the heats going off, you can quickly tell which people are "in the mix", and which people were waaaay off, in one way or another.
I have an online entries system that we use for some NE championship meets. I've been dabbling with tying it into some swimming databases that we have historical times in. So you'd sign up for the meet, and perhaps we could suggest seed times for you, or if your seed times are waaay off from previous performances, give you a warning and encouragement to fix.
Yes, I know that there are all of the cases of "but I'm 6 months pregnant this year", or "I'm rehabbing from shoulder surgery", etc. All I ask is an honest effort on good seed times. If you need to adjust for these "real life" reasons, you're an adult now... you can do it. :-)
-Rick
Masters swimming _does_ have a large standard deviation on seed times. There are plenty of people who _are_ trying to put good seed times, but are then off. Often, people tend to underestimate themselves. Other times, you get people who were training really well when the entry was due, and then work exploded, or they were sent away on business, or any of the other things happened that we call "life", and they couldn't get in the pool as much.
For me, all I ask is that people make an honest effort. When you watch the heats going off, you can quickly tell which people are "in the mix", and which people were waaaay off, in one way or another.
I have an online entries system that we use for some NE championship meets. I've been dabbling with tying it into some swimming databases that we have historical times in. So you'd sign up for the meet, and perhaps we could suggest seed times for you, or if your seed times are waaay off from previous performances, give you a warning and encouragement to fix.
Yes, I know that there are all of the cases of "but I'm 6 months pregnant this year", or "I'm rehabbing from shoulder surgery", etc. All I ask is an honest effort on good seed times. If you need to adjust for these "real life" reasons, you're an adult now... you can do it. :-)
-Rick
