How many meets do you swim a year/season ?

For those who do more than 6/year, how do you train through the different training cycles, taper, meet, recover? I usually do 2-6 timed swims/month as part of workout, 99% of those off the blocks and racing other people on the team. Let's see, I did 11, I believe. One was SC Nationals, one was Zones and 2 were age group meets. I only taper for Nationals. And I always drink my protein after I'm done with a meet and try to get in the pool for a workout the day after a meet to "work the kinks out." Makes me feel so much better.

For those who do more than 6/year, how do you train through the different training cycles, taper, meet, recover? I usually do 2-6 timed swims/month as part of workout, 99% of those off the blocks and racing other people on the team. Let's see, I did 11, I believe. One was SC Nationals, one was Zones and 2 were age group meets. I only taper for Nationals. And I always drink my protein after I'm done with a meet and try to get in the pool for a workout the day after a meet to "work the kinks out." Makes me feel so much better.