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?
As a former alpha-male wannabe, I would say 1 and 5 are important, but 2 trumps them all (as hard as some work, there are usually others with talent who can easily slap down any attempt at greatness by us no-talent hard-workers:badday:).
Former wannabe? Come on, Mr. Alcatraz, give yourself some credit.
Of course, I agree with you on #2 about talent ... but I think it changes over time as we age. I certainly got my butt kicked by a lot of guys in my "real" competitive career who I believe I outworked, but I think hard work and technique adds up over time ... I'm totally going to own the 85-89 world records!
As a former alpha-male wannabe, I would say 1 and 5 are important, but 2 trumps them all (as hard as some work, there are usually others with talent who can easily slap down any attempt at greatness by us no-talent hard-workers:badday:).
Former wannabe? Come on, Mr. Alcatraz, give yourself some credit.
Of course, I agree with you on #2 about talent ... but I think it changes over time as we age. I certainly got my butt kicked by a lot of guys in my "real" competitive career who I believe I outworked, but I think hard work and technique adds up over time ... I'm totally going to own the 85-89 world records!
