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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I still have one question though: What do you think is more important in swimming sucess: talent or hard work?
Most talent comes from hard work. Based on who beat her world records, Janet Evans was not genetically gifted with the height needed to be a world record distance swimmer. All her records fell to someone 5' 10" or taller, but that didn't prevent her from three world records that stood for 19-20 years.
Now that you question has been answered, someone else can tell you how to focus your hard work into developing more talent.:bolt:
I still have one question though: What do you think is more important in swimming sucess: talent or hard work?
Most talent comes from hard work. Based on who beat her world records, Janet Evans was not genetically gifted with the height needed to be a world record distance swimmer. All her records fell to someone 5' 10" or taller, but that didn't prevent her from three world records that stood for 19-20 years.
Now that you question has been answered, someone else can tell you how to focus your hard work into developing more talent.:bolt:
