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?
6. Beer
I completely attribute my success (in being able to swim in cold water at least) to this most important of factors. The promise of a beer at the finish line shaved 10 minutes off my 3K one summer. Burgers help, too.
I should probably add something a little more helpful and encouraging, though. Growing up, I found my swimming progress to be in quantum leaps rather than steady progress. I didn't start serious swimming on a club until 8th grade which meant I was lapped by 8-year-olds for my first year of practice. I remember the day that fly suddenly clicked. Later in high school, I couldn't get a 100 fly under 1:03 until it clicked one meet (after a bunch of hamburgers between prelims and finals) and I qualified for state with a low 0:58. I also remember the flutter kick clicking for me one day, the flip turn, and the start.
Nothing has ever clicked on backstroke, though, unless the popping noise in my shoulders counts.
6. Beer
I completely attribute my success (in being able to swim in cold water at least) to this most important of factors. The promise of a beer at the finish line shaved 10 minutes off my 3K one summer. Burgers help, too.
I should probably add something a little more helpful and encouraging, though. Growing up, I found my swimming progress to be in quantum leaps rather than steady progress. I didn't start serious swimming on a club until 8th grade which meant I was lapped by 8-year-olds for my first year of practice. I remember the day that fly suddenly clicked. Later in high school, I couldn't get a 100 fly under 1:03 until it clicked one meet (after a bunch of hamburgers between prelims and finals) and I qualified for state with a low 0:58. I also remember the flutter kick clicking for me one day, the flip turn, and the start.
Nothing has ever clicked on backstroke, though, unless the popping noise in my shoulders counts.
