I do agree with you that genetics play a roll on who can and cannot medal at the Olympics, but I don't think it limits most people who would want to swim in college.
I will give you an example of the other side of the natural ability coin. There is a guy who started swimming occasionally with our team in September of last year. He swam for two years when he was 10 and not since then. He is now 50. He can only make it to 2 or 3 workouts a week, but he does yoga daily. He is down to 1 pack of cigarettes a day.
Two months after he began swimming, he swam at the DAMM short course meet and went 33.5 50 fly, 30.5 50 free, 40.8 50 *** 37.8 50 back and 1:19 100 IM. Three months after that at the Republic of Texas Meet he went 29 50 fly, 26.5 50 free, 35.3 50 *** 32.2 50 back and 1:08 100 IM.
I do agree with you that genetics play a roll on who can and cannot medal at the Olympics, but I don't think it limits most people who would want to swim in college.
I will give you an example of the other side of the natural ability coin. There is a guy who started swimming occasionally with our team in September of last year. He swam for two years when he was 10 and not since then. He is now 50. He can only make it to 2 or 3 workouts a week, but he does yoga daily. He is down to 1 pack of cigarettes a day.
Two months after he began swimming, he swam at the DAMM short course meet and went 33.5 50 fly, 30.5 50 free, 40.8 50 *** 37.8 50 back and 1:19 100 IM. Three months after that at the Republic of Texas Meet he went 29 50 fly, 26.5 50 free, 35.3 50 *** 32.2 50 back and 1:08 100 IM.
