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Practice like you race because you race like you practice

Allen Stark
I have heard variations on the practice like you race idea since I was an age grouper and had always thought I was good at it but I just had a couple of realizations about how I created problems for myself.Lately I had noticed I was having a stall sometimes at the breakout of my BR pullout.I couldn't figure out what was the problem until I realized that one of my favorite sprint sets is 25s with a turn at the end.I would,of course,stop after the pullout and my body was learning to stop there.I'll now do 2 more strokes after each pullout. At the meet yesterday I was shocked to realize that at the finish of my 100 BR I had my head up instead of down in complete streamline.In workout today I noticed I had gotten in the habit of lifting my head to look a the clock as I finished. So how about you,any insights you have noticed about practice and meets?
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  • Well I think it is fair when you have ignored polite requests. It isn't my first method, but I am not particularly sorry when I smack someone who is in the wrong place. What would you prefer when asking doesn't work? Agreed. When I have swimmers who are congregating at the end of the lane and getting in others' way I begin by explaining how discourteous that is. Just because they are at the front of the lane, they don't get to be the only ones to finish to the wall. Then, after some have listened and some haven't, I inform all of them that the swimmers at the end of the lanes have my permission to run over anyone in their way. That usually takes care of the problem.
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  • Well I think it is fair when you have ignored polite requests. It isn't my first method, but I am not particularly sorry when I smack someone who is in the wrong place. What would you prefer when asking doesn't work? Agreed. When I have swimmers who are congregating at the end of the lane and getting in others' way I begin by explaining how discourteous that is. Just because they are at the front of the lane, they don't get to be the only ones to finish to the wall. Then, after some have listened and some haven't, I inform all of them that the swimmers at the end of the lanes have my permission to run over anyone in their way. That usually takes care of the problem.
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