As noted in "Swim Rant" I was DQ'd in the 100 M BR yesterday,after swimming a really great race for me(unfairly I believe.)I was talking to Laura Val who was DQ'd in the 200 BK after a WR time(unfairly she thought).She thought we should have a thread to ventilate,commiserate,etc.Has it happened to you?How did you cope?
I felt like leaving the pool and not competing any more,for about 5 minutes,then I felt really sad for about an hour. Then I woke up at 2:30 in the morning and had a terrible time going back to sleep.Finally I decided to focus my emotions on my next swim.Fortunately for me that worked and I swam a 50 M BR that I was really happy with.If I had swum a lousy 50 I suspect I'd still be in a funk.
So what about you?
By the way,we don't need to limit this to DQs,any meet disappointments that you want to vent about are fair game as far as I'm concerned.
Breaststroke DQs
Another occurrence (that sometimes gets a DQ but usually does not) that also goes against the written rule...the last strokes before a wall. The breaststroke is unique in that it is a cycle stroke...pull, then kick, pull, then kick etc. However, relatively common (ie, not 1 in a thousand) at the finish as the wall is faced 'early', many (not most) swimmers put in a double pull (with no intervening kick).
This rule caused me to have my first DQ in 50 years of Beautiful Stroke swimming. It occurred at a SCM meet about 4 years ago on the third length in a 400 IM. I was not aware that they had even made this rule, but remembered seeing international swimmers sort of gliding into a turn a few months before and thinking "why don't they take another stroke?" This would have been the first Top 10 for me in quite a few years, as I had not been competing much up until then. To top it off, the official was telling me right after the event when I was climbing right back on the block for a mixed relay.
I have just begun playing with a dolphin on my turn, and am currently doing it as my arms are halfway through the pullout, but not sure if it's worth my time for the uncertainty.
Breaststroke DQs
Another occurrence (that sometimes gets a DQ but usually does not) that also goes against the written rule...the last strokes before a wall. The breaststroke is unique in that it is a cycle stroke...pull, then kick, pull, then kick etc. However, relatively common (ie, not 1 in a thousand) at the finish as the wall is faced 'early', many (not most) swimmers put in a double pull (with no intervening kick).
This rule caused me to have my first DQ in 50 years of Beautiful Stroke swimming. It occurred at a SCM meet about 4 years ago on the third length in a 400 IM. I was not aware that they had even made this rule, but remembered seeing international swimmers sort of gliding into a turn a few months before and thinking "why don't they take another stroke?" This would have been the first Top 10 for me in quite a few years, as I had not been competing much up until then. To top it off, the official was telling me right after the event when I was climbing right back on the block for a mixed relay.
I have just begun playing with a dolphin on my turn, and am currently doing it as my arms are halfway through the pullout, but not sure if it's worth my time for the uncertainty.
