I was just wondering what you guys do for pre-meet jitters. I'm going to my second Master's Meet April 10 & 11th in Lexington, KY. I'm swimming my first backstroke events at this meet. Since I never was an age grouper, high school, or college swimmer, I tend to get really nervous the closer to a meet that I get. It's getting so bad this time, that it's getting to the point that I'm not having fun anymore. I've also started to dread going to practice and just swimming in general. Do any of you have advice? Any help would be appreciated.
No don't skip the meet, use it for practice for Nationals!
Try to think of the worst thing that could possibly happen. If it did indeed happen "what would you do?" "What would other people do?" "Is it really that bad?"
Right on, Bobinator! This is kind of my rallying cry, what is the worst that can happen? So far, the worst that has happened was running into a duck turd in an open water race, losing to Fort in the 100 back and having to suffer with zipping up wookie's suit at a meet. While all that is pretty bad, it's not life threatening. I also think it flows - you do one thing out of your comfort zone, you might discover a whole new sport you like or have the confidence to do another thing.
No don't skip the meet, use it for practice for Nationals!
Try to think of the worst thing that could possibly happen. If it did indeed happen "what would you do?" "What would other people do?" "Is it really that bad?"
Right on, Bobinator! This is kind of my rallying cry, what is the worst that can happen? So far, the worst that has happened was running into a duck turd in an open water race, losing to Fort in the 100 back and having to suffer with zipping up wookie's suit at a meet. While all that is pretty bad, it's not life threatening. I also think it flows - you do one thing out of your comfort zone, you might discover a whole new sport you like or have the confidence to do another thing.
