I've been swimming competitively since the age of 8, and I've had the same issue for nearly as long. I swim pretty fast in workouts and while training, but when I go to swim meets, my performance is pretty lackluster.
I avoided swimming in a meet until just recently, where the coach guess entry times, and thought mine would be faster than they would. The people who swim in my lane during practice all swim 5-10 seconds faster (in sprints & mid-distance) than I do in a swim meet.
This happens regardless of how in shape I am. And happens less often in distance events than sprints, which makes me wonder if I just have a switch turned off in my brain that should make me really "work it" when I'm in competition.
Any advice? :confused:
Each swimmer has their own unique ratio of practice times vs meet times, it's frustrating to get beaten in meets by swimmers you regularly beat in practice. Swimming isn't about THEM, it's about YOU.
Your practice vs meet time ratio is what it is.
If you want to swim faster in meets, swim faster in practice.
If you wear drag suits in practice, your meet times should be much faster in comparison.
Keep training harder smarter faster further, more often, with a coach, with a team and you'll get faster.
ande
I've been swimming competitively since the age of 8, and I've had the same issue for nearly as long. I swim pretty fast in workouts and while training, but when I go to swim meets, my performance is pretty lackluster.
I avoided swimming in a meet until just recently, where the coach guess entry times, and thought mine would be faster than they would. The people who swim in my lane during practice all swim 5-10 seconds faster (in sprints & mid-distance) than I do in a swim meet.
This happens regardless of how in shape I am. And happens less often in distance events than sprints, which makes me wonder if I just have a switch turned off in my brain that should make me really "work it" when I'm in competition.
Any advice? :confused:
Each swimmer has their own unique ratio of practice times vs meet times, it's frustrating to get beaten in meets by swimmers you regularly beat in practice. Swimming isn't about THEM, it's about YOU.
Your practice vs meet time ratio is what it is.
If you want to swim faster in meets, swim faster in practice.
If you wear drag suits in practice, your meet times should be much faster in comparison.
Keep training harder smarter faster further, more often, with a coach, with a team and you'll get faster.
ande
I've been swimming competitively since the age of 8, and I've had the same issue for nearly as long. I swim pretty fast in workouts and while training, but when I go to swim meets, my performance is pretty lackluster.
I avoided swimming in a meet until just recently, where the coach guess entry times, and thought mine would be faster than they would. The people who swim in my lane during practice all swim 5-10 seconds faster (in sprints & mid-distance) than I do in a swim meet.
This happens regardless of how in shape I am. And happens less often in distance events than sprints, which makes me wonder if I just have a switch turned off in my brain that should make me really "work it" when I'm in competition.
Any advice? :confused:
