It's been cool for me over the last few years seeing and competing against a number of guys from both my age group and collegiate days. However, when I think back to my college team, in particular, I'm struck by how many guys are NOT back swimming and competing in Masters. I realize this is probably the wrong audience to ask (since we're back in the pool), but, since for me swimming & competing go hand in hand and I love swimming, I'm still puzzled why more people don't come back to the sport and to racing?
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For me it was burnout. I went to college without a swim team on purpose. It took my sister going to Nationals to get me back in to it in 2000.
For my coach, it's too much time at the pool now. He doesn't want to spend his "spare" time training when he's already at the pool about 7 hours a day. He's a former Olympian who last competed in 2006.
And in your coaches case, he has probably accomplished everything he wanted to in swimming. Olympic gold and silver, world and american record, ncaa champion and record holder.
He probably is happy with how his career turned out and would rather help others enjoy the sport and become good at it too. Go Vols!
For me it was burnout. I went to college without a swim team on purpose. It took my sister going to Nationals to get me back in to it in 2000.
For my coach, it's too much time at the pool now. He doesn't want to spend his "spare" time training when he's already at the pool about 7 hours a day. He's a former Olympian who last competed in 2006.
And in your coaches case, he has probably accomplished everything he wanted to in swimming. Olympic gold and silver, world and american record, ncaa champion and record holder.
He probably is happy with how his career turned out and would rather help others enjoy the sport and become good at it too. Go Vols!
