Competivite swimming?
Okay, i know how to do all the strokes and i can dive. I would like to join a swim team but I'm not sure because of the competivite swimming. I'm not sure if it's more difficult or what? I mean do they call you name and u dive in? I'm just kind of confused. I mean because if i join a swim team now, all the people on it are already good and have been swimming for years. I keep putting off joining the team because what if i can't do it? Can someone please give me some advice?
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you have an event number and a stroke like 50 free or 100fly and you get a lane number...
you get behind the lane that your card says and get in numaricul order from the other people in that lane...
then the anouncer dude or dudet (the starter) says your event number and you get on the block.
then the starter says "EVENT (whatever) (then what you are swimming) SWIMMERS TAKE YOUR MARK (then you get in the start position) (then the buzzer goes)"
then you do your race get out and everyone says good job!
It isn't hard trust me i could do it when i was 6 (i've been swimming for 12 years) so most likely you can do it too...and it's not hard at all...actually swimming is the best sport techniclly because it stengthens all your muscels.so i say go for it don't be scared trust me you'll know what to do...and have fun...swimming is awsome...and maybe sometime i might get to race against you! he he :p GOOD LUCK!
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Just read the little steam engine that could and put yourself in the trains place and then join the U.S. Olympic team.How much does the thing that helps you to breath underwater cost?
ok, you had what happens at a meet described pretty good to you, so i'll tell you what practice is like. i swam competitvly in high school and it was a lot of fun. there were plently of people on the team that were just starting out so dont be embarrassed... everyone has to start out somewhere. it is more difficult than just swimming on your own because you are given times to swim a certain amount of laps. you'll be assigned a lane that fits your speed tho so dont be intimidated about that. your coach will also work on techniques. we never swam too many yards in high school because we had a horrible coach... about 2500 yards in like 2 hours (100 laps in 25 yard pool) duno if it helps at all but it is a lot of fun! you should go for itWhere can i get a swimming patch for my varsity jacket?
I swim in the summers and it's SO much fun- however I swim on a completely relaxed team so it depends what kind of team you are joining. You will either pick your events or your coach will pick them for you. What I do to remember them is write them on my hand with pen- it eventually washes away but you don't have to keep running around everywhere asking for your events. The announcer will say your event number, and you go to your pre-designated lane. Then he will say, " Swimmers on the block." You get on the block, and when he says get set, crouch down and put your head backwards as you prepare to do a SHALLOW dive. ( Note: Some pools are VERY shallow in the end where you dive in. Make note of how deep it is before you dive.) When he blows the whistle, you dive in and begin swimming your stroke. A 25 is one length, a 50 is two, a 75 is 3, a 100 is 4, and so on and so forth. As you get older, you'll have to swim longer distances. For instance, usually 12 and Up swim the 100 IM, which is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Also, it doesn't matter if people have already been swimming for years. It's SO much fun and a great way to exercise and keep cool at the same time. Good luck and I hope you do it!How fast should a 15year old run a mile??
join a swim club first. swim clubs are really hard but youll know everything w/ in a couple weeks about everything about swimming. but its also really fun and so is bieng on a swim team. dont worry about the others swimmers everyone is good at diffenent things. i remember i was faster than everyone on my swimteam at first then a whole bunch of the people that had just started swimming just got naturaly faster and they were speeding past me. you could have natural talent and like i said before everyone is good at different things. whats your stroke? like what are you best at? once you find that out work on it and you could be speeding past some of the other swimmers that have been swimming for years. o ya and for a race its like this. they call up you event for whatever your gonna swim like 100 breastroke or whatever then you go over to the lane that you were assigned and they say "swimmers step up" and you step up onto the blocks and they say "swimmers take your mark" and then they sound a buzzer and you dive in.good luck! swimming is the best sport
the thing about competetive swimming is that they do push u 2 you limits. So if you r the kind of person who is easily ofended don't joincause there is a lot of shouting.
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The best thing is going out of town to race with your friends. İt's a great experience so go but don't comit yourself to them immeadeatly make some friends then have fun (especially on the bus and in the hotels)!!!!
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Competitve swimming, two worlds as I preach on most my posts. High school, and summer league versus all year competitve clubs. Clubs are serious stuff, summer leagues and high school are more fun that serious.To swim on a club. You are categorized by age, times, and skill level in to a particular lane. Depending on the size of the club there could be 5 age group coaches who split the age/levels. You do stretches, depending on the club would depend if you do this on your own or as a group. You get in the pool and you are given "sets" they will either be swim xxx for xxx seconds. In other words if you want to rest, you get back to the wall with time to spare before going off again. Or you may be told do xxx non-sprint with a xx rest. Everything revolves around the pace clock. Anyhow, depending on the coach depends on how hard he pushes. My coaches were never so mean as to yell at you for screwing up. That is not appropriate, what is, is to review the tape if there is one, or have your coach tear apart your stroke and councel what you need to change. Now meets work that you get word at least a few weeks if not longer. You are told how many events you can enter. Your coach may add you to a relay or two but the bulk of the enteries should be between you, your parent, and your coach. It should not be solely the coaches choice. The meets are broken down by class, you have A, AA. AAA for age group swimmers. Your times will classify you as to what meet types you are eligible to swim. When I was still swimming you had to swim at least one single A meet to "qualify" your times to a higher class type. Lower class, smaller size meets are as were described below. Go to the blocks and get in your order. You step up with five others to race. In bigger meets they will have a staging area, where rows of benches or chairs are set out in sets of six and someone will guide you to where you need to be. With every heat swam, you will be moving rows (same seat as its based on lane number) as you make your way closer to the chairs behind the blocks.
Awards are calculated by time, so you may win your heat but may have three other heats where others were faster so you would take fourth. This why I say its not a team sport because you need to do the best you can do for you to be able to place. In the least though you need to win your heat. Some meets again depending on size will have a preliminary race which narrows down the pack for that event, and then depending on the meet the pack may be condensed to four or two heats, sometimes only one. That is the final heat. Only those who advance to the final (which occurs later that day or the next day) will be able to place. Your main goal is ALWAYS your times, not placing (that's a bonus). You are always trying to shave off time to make a new personal best. The ultimate goal is to qualify for regionals, junior nationals, senior nationals, etc.
Someone else mentioned it, the best thing is traveling. Most of the time we didn't charter buses, we carpooled and you get to your hotel and most of the kids you know are all in your hotel and it becomes one big party (supervised)
Never be afraid to do something. Go out, try it out, stick it out to at least one meet so you can realistically judge. Don't compare yourself to others who have swam for years. Look at the progress you alone are making, and if you absolutely hate it, quit. But don't not try. You will never know what you are missing.
I'm not going to get in to how high school meets work but they are similar to what others have posted. This will probably tick someone off, but I don't consider high school swimming competitive. It is not the level or calibur that year round swimming is, nor does it require the dedication that year round does. It CAN be competitive as you do get your year round swimmers who are on the high school team and they will have competition from other schools and their focus is making state. But you don't ever have to be good to swim on high school and you don't have to get better, you should, but its not a requirement.
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Get a friend to join with you, so if you completely suck, you won't be the only one, lol. jkdont worry about it, go for it!!!!!!!!
Am I just completely paranoid?
Just join. As cheesy as it sounds, it's true: you'll never know if you don't try. don't worry about other people. If, after you join, you find out that swimming competitively really isn't for you, then just quit. No big. I was like you when I first started swimming. But in the end, everything turned out fine and I love swimming. Everyone starts out the worst, but depending on how much effort he or she puts into reaching whatever point he/she wants to reach, he or she gets better and better.And the only difference between competitive swimming and normal lap swimming is that all yur swimming leads up to competitons (meets), and you have people to swim with, and you have a coach who tells you what to do and pushes you to do it. How fun swimming is can actually depend on the coach. If your coach is really dull and all he does is gives sets all day, then you might want to consider finding another team, but if your coach is a fun person, then you'll probably really like the team and really like being there. Ok, I'm digressing. But anyways, if you swim on a team, you don't even have to join the meets. And as for the meet process, your coach will explain it to you once you've joined the team. Don't even worry that far ahead yet. Just join a team first.
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