Yet...... another comment on "elitism" in masters swimming. This ongoing battle of two imaginary groups....... the selfish former elite swimmers and the non elite counter parts.
Yes..... The Evil Smith and I have taken great pleasure throughout the last decade trying to secretly split USMS into these two groups. Our efforts to perpetuate this divide and fuel our intolerance for "learners" is now being undermined..... :-)
One Big Happy Family: Marcinkowski’s Masters
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"Butcher, Zerkle and others say numbers have soared because Marcinkowski has tried to strip the elitism from masters swimming, often thought to be populated with former competitive stars who have little tolerance for learners."
I attached a graph I used to show advanced progression. What happened from April to November 2007?
Steve, thanks for the graph!
When I learned to swim, I was freestyle only for quite a while, so at meets I was only focused on the free since that was all I had the ability to do. As I learned the strokes, I started swimming other events at meets and so the 100 free may have suffered a while.
For my age group I think "elite" would be sub 50 for SCY, so I have alot of work to do. That is why I say maybe as long as 8 years with no swimming background. I am giving myself another three years and I think my progression will slow down.
For someone with a big swimming background getting back into it, I think the time is WAY less since the technique is always hard wired and it is just a matter of conditioning. I think you can get that in 1-2 years of steady training. Just my guess.
I attached a graph I used to show advanced progression. What happened from April to November 2007?
Steve, thanks for the graph!
When I learned to swim, I was freestyle only for quite a while, so at meets I was only focused on the free since that was all I had the ability to do. As I learned the strokes, I started swimming other events at meets and so the 100 free may have suffered a while.
For my age group I think "elite" would be sub 50 for SCY, so I have alot of work to do. That is why I say maybe as long as 8 years with no swimming background. I am giving myself another three years and I think my progression will slow down.
For someone with a big swimming background getting back into it, I think the time is WAY less since the technique is always hard wired and it is just a matter of conditioning. I think you can get that in 1-2 years of steady training. Just my guess.
