How many meets do you swim a year/season ?

Should I taper for the state meet & then nationals . Depends on how you want to do, how your body responds and how you feel. Personally I swim just as well not tapering if the meet is 1 or 2 days. If it's a longer meet, like Nationals, my body does better with a taper. I do not recommend doing what I did in Nov. I swam in a practice from 7-9, sitting out a lot of the practice but still swam 2800. Then drove to the meet pool, which was 10 min away and raced 200, 500 and 1000 in about an hour. Needless to say it was not a good meet for me.

Should I taper for the state meet & then nationals . Depends on how you want to do, how your body responds and how you feel. Personally I swim just as well not tapering if the meet is 1 or 2 days. If it's a longer meet, like Nationals, my body does better with a taper. I do not recommend doing what I did in Nov. I swam in a practice from 7-9, sitting out a lot of the practice but still swam 2800. Then drove to the meet pool, which was 10 min away and raced 200, 500 and 1000 in about an hour. Needless to say it was not a good meet for me.