Equipment Rep
Trains with every piece of equipment available at all times.
The Luddite
Trains with nothing. Only uses a loin cloth and goggles in workout.
The Barnacle
Leaves right on your feet. Couldn't count to five or ten if his life depnded on it.
The Coach
Not an actual coach, but someone who is consumed with technique. Swimming is a precise set of moves that can be broken down, categorized, and scientifically analyzed.
The Jaded
Could care less about technique. Just wants to swim and leave the analysis to the eggheads.
The Swimaholic
Trains at least 10 swimming workouts a week. Anything less is viewed as not trying.
Fast Guy who Never Trains
Shows up once a month and breaks national records in practice.
Hardest Working Man in the Swim Business
Trains like a ferocious animal in workout, but has no speed when it comes to racing.
Lane Guy
Works out in a lane that is far too fast or slow for him.
The Crack Guy
Dude, pull your swimsuit up or get a bigger size.
The Newbie
Shows up to practice in board shorts and a scuba mask.
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As for myself, I would fall into the categories of Luddite and Jaded. Also, I wrote this from a male perspective, but the women are included as well. Any other stereotypes?
Psych Sheet/Entry Time Stereotypes
What's a Meter? Enters SCM/LCM meets with yards times. More than once.
Senior Moment - Enters a 200 event with a 1:20.00, and/or a 100 event with 40.00.
An Olympian in His Own Mind - Enters with eye-popping times. Places last in the final heat in each of his events.
Sandy Baggins - After lodging a protest with the meet director over not being allowed to enter with NT's, still manages to win Heat 1 by a blowout in each of her events.
Comedy of Errors - Frets over her entry times for months, using farmer's almanac, astrological time conversion slide rule, and her high school best times from mumble years ago. And still ends up way off her entry times. 3-month post-mortem thread follows, solving nothing.
The Metronome - Enters every distance free event and hits every entry time within less than a second.
The Traffic Accident - Complete mess, combining all of the above (except the Metronome) so that spectators cannot agree as to what they are seeing. May have used a dartboard to select times and events. Or might just be trolling. :bolt:
Psych Sheet/Entry Time Stereotypes
What's a Meter? Enters SCM/LCM meets with yards times. More than once.
Senior Moment - Enters a 200 event with a 1:20.00, and/or a 100 event with 40.00.
An Olympian in His Own Mind - Enters with eye-popping times. Places last in the final heat in each of his events.
Sandy Baggins - After lodging a protest with the meet director over not being allowed to enter with NT's, still manages to win Heat 1 by a blowout in each of her events.
Comedy of Errors - Frets over her entry times for months, using farmer's almanac, astrological time conversion slide rule, and her high school best times from mumble years ago. And still ends up way off her entry times. 3-month post-mortem thread follows, solving nothing.
The Metronome - Enters every distance free event and hits every entry time within less than a second.
The Traffic Accident - Complete mess, combining all of the above (except the Metronome) so that spectators cannot agree as to what they are seeing. May have used a dartboard to select times and events. Or might just be trolling. :bolt:
