I have a question about why so many people on my swim team are so much faster than me. I have been on a year round swim team for over a year, and have been swimming competitively for about 4 years.
I am still always the slowest on my team, and I get lapped so many times during practice. It is so frustrating! I go to practice almost every day, and work just as hard as them.
Are some people just born fast vs. slow in swimming and there is nothing you can do to change your natural speed? Is speed something you can achieve with hard work?
Why is everyone so much faster than me? What can I do to become fast like them?
Parents
Former Member
The biggest difference will no doubt be technique -- if I look across the lanes in our workouts, it easy to see the difference in under water technique. Are you just moving your hands / arms through the water or are using the hands to move your body through the water ?
Another suprising factor can be the level of intensity in the workouts - this is not as general a principle - but I have had people check heartrates during and after sets and the average rate in each lane was much higher for the faster lanes.
The biggest difference will no doubt be technique -- if I look across the lanes in our workouts, it easy to see the difference in under water technique. Are you just moving your hands / arms through the water or are using the hands to move your body through the water ?
Another suprising factor can be the level of intensity in the workouts - this is not as general a principle - but I have had people check heartrates during and after sets and the average rate in each lane was much higher for the faster lanes.
