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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My coach also has sets that are next to impossible to make (and I never make them!). The rest of the people in my lane can make the sets, but I am SO much slower than them! I guess I should try harder to keep up though.
Hey Amy,
This looks like the reason you can't keep up. It is not a question of if you can or can't, it is a question of when and what you need to do to get to that point. Talk to your coach before or after practice about your nutrition, technique and endurance. To a trained eye, there are probably some easy corrections to be made. Touch base with your coach frequently when you think you have improved upon issues that have been pointed out to you. And by easy, I mean they are obvious and will have great benefit, not that they will be easy for you to implement. There is a lot of hard work in your future.
So believe in yourself and adapt.
My coach also has sets that are next to impossible to make (and I never make them!). The rest of the people in my lane can make the sets, but I am SO much slower than them! I guess I should try harder to keep up though.
Hey Amy,
This looks like the reason you can't keep up. It is not a question of if you can or can't, it is a question of when and what you need to do to get to that point. Talk to your coach before or after practice about your nutrition, technique and endurance. To a trained eye, there are probably some easy corrections to be made. Touch base with your coach frequently when you think you have improved upon issues that have been pointed out to you. And by easy, I mean they are obvious and will have great benefit, not that they will be easy for you to implement. There is a lot of hard work in your future.
So believe in yourself and adapt.
