Why are some people so much faster?

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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?
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  • Hi Amy, you asked: Why so many people on my swim team are so much faster than me not sure, it's all about technique, each persons previous training and current training, their body characteristics and the equipment. Are some people just born fast vs. slow in swimming and there is nothing you can do to change your natural speed? There's plenty you can do to change your speed. Is speed something you can achieve with hard work? yes and SMART WORK Why is everyone so much faster than me? because they are doing things that you aren't because they have abilities and skills you haven't developed yet What can I do to become fast like them? there's many things I cover all of what I know in Swim Faster Faster Read it apply it in your training do the sets in Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible! and Help my Flutter Kick is Horrible Also get individual one on one speed swimming instruction video yourself and put it on youtube, give folks the link Ande 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?
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  • Hi Amy, you asked: Why so many people on my swim team are so much faster than me not sure, it's all about technique, each persons previous training and current training, their body characteristics and the equipment. Are some people just born fast vs. slow in swimming and there is nothing you can do to change your natural speed? There's plenty you can do to change your speed. Is speed something you can achieve with hard work? yes and SMART WORK Why is everyone so much faster than me? because they are doing things that you aren't because they have abilities and skills you haven't developed yet What can I do to become fast like them? there's many things I cover all of what I know in Swim Faster Faster Read it apply it in your training do the sets in Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible! and Help my Flutter Kick is Horrible Also get individual one on one speed swimming instruction video yourself and put it on youtube, give folks the link Ande 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?
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