I was just reading this blog:chuckiev.blogspot.com/.../swimming-thoughts-galore.html
This guy claims that he never swam before in his life. At first it took him 36 minutes to swim 1500 meters. After only one year he could swim that in LESS than half the time.
After 17 years of swimming I can't swim 1500 meters in less than 18 minutes. Either I'm doing something wrong or that guy is full of.....
Is it possible to get that fast THAT FAST?
I have no trouble believing that a gifted athlete in his early 20s could go from being barely capable to being totally competent or even really good in a year, by paying a lot more attention than most people do to technique, and by using top-level coaching and lots of technology for feedback.
Same here. The only problem is that some forget it does take somebody extremely gifted to do such a thing.
Over the years, I really enjoyed coaching triathletes in the pool. At times, though, I found it a little frustrating when some did not understand that one does not become a good swimmer overnight. As a former triathlete, I found it pretty easy to become a decent cyclist within one year, but I think that is how it works for most people who take on triathlons. Hence, they come to the pool with the same expectation about swimming.
I have no trouble believing that a gifted athlete in his early 20s could go from being barely capable to being totally competent or even really good in a year, by paying a lot more attention than most people do to technique, and by using top-level coaching and lots of technology for feedback.
Same here. The only problem is that some forget it does take somebody extremely gifted to do such a thing.
Over the years, I really enjoyed coaching triathletes in the pool. At times, though, I found it a little frustrating when some did not understand that one does not become a good swimmer overnight. As a former triathlete, I found it pretty easy to become a decent cyclist within one year, but I think that is how it works for most people who take on triathlons. Hence, they come to the pool with the same expectation about swimming.
