I know that you're there... and you have something to say.
Lets' hear it.
But seriously. Do Fitness and Lap Swimmers really read this Forum?
I wish they did, but I doubt they see the potential.
Fitness and Lap Swimmers, I'm a masters swim coach.
I watch your lanes - oh maybe 15-20% of the time I coach the masters lanes.
I see those of you lurking on the side lanes listening to the sets - and to the stroke instruction...
Watching swimmers underwater for stroke demonstrations.
Its' ok - and a really good thing.
A decent masters swim coach knows how to recruit right out of those lap swimming lanes.
Ahelee
P.S. I loved reading the thread, "As an outsider to harcore swimming..."
Finally some swimmers after my own heart.
Except that I like to recruit lap swimmers to our program!
My mother and I are examples of some of the different types of members of USMS. I mainly enjoy meets and competition. As a young woman, my mother did compete in meets and open water swims. All along, however, she did not enjoy competition. She said it made her anxious and took the fun of swimming away from her.
My mother has been swimming twice a week with a masters group for over ten years and has no desire to do a meet. She derives a good bit of joy in getting individual instruction from the coaches and trying to perfect her strokes. Also, she enjoys the sense of accomplishment from completing a challenging workout.
Despite the fact she did meets and competition in her youth, she does not remember her places or times. What she does remember, however, is the day she decided to swim the distance across the English Channel non-stop at the pool where she lifeguarded. She got a friend to count and did indeed swim the distance and did it without goggles!
This is the perfect thread for my mother. I will encourage her to post here.
My mother and I are examples of some of the different types of members of USMS. I mainly enjoy meets and competition. As a young woman, my mother did compete in meets and open water swims. All along, however, she did not enjoy competition. She said it made her anxious and took the fun of swimming away from her.
My mother has been swimming twice a week with a masters group for over ten years and has no desire to do a meet. She derives a good bit of joy in getting individual instruction from the coaches and trying to perfect her strokes. Also, she enjoys the sense of accomplishment from completing a challenging workout.
Despite the fact she did meets and competition in her youth, she does not remember her places or times. What she does remember, however, is the day she decided to swim the distance across the English Channel non-stop at the pool where she lifeguarded. She got a friend to count and did indeed swim the distance and did it without goggles!
This is the perfect thread for my mother. I will encourage her to post here.
