As a 14 year old, my first meet was when I was like 8. I’ve been swimming for 8 years now but it’s so heartwarming to see others try out or compete for the first time. I wish you and your team all the best ❤
flipturns are hard. but i've been competitively swimming since i was 7. for your flipturns, they look pretty good, but you want to flip faster, because flipturns can either save you a second or you can gain a few seconds, you need to flip fast, and get a powerful push off. for being 14-15 you want to dolphin kick a little past the flags after you push off the wall.
Yes! Thank you. Boy have we come a long way this year 😬 I’ve gone back and watched this video a few time. At this point I had been swimming for about 3 weeks and especially my dive from this day to now… HUGE difference!! It’s cool that you’ve been swimming for for long. What are your events?
You did awesome! At on of my first meets in highschool swim I was in a relay where we each did 100 free, and I accidentally jumped in while the girl before me was not done, almost hit her!
From my perspective coming from a club swimmer who has swam in some big meets you didn’t look bad for your first meet there are definitely some things that could be fixed but all in all good work
These were really good swims for your first swimmeet (much better than my first swim meet!) I love swimming too! I swim the 500 Free 400 Im 200 Im and 200 BR! What events do u swim
My first High school meet was in 6th grade (some high schools allowed middle school athletes to compete) and they put me in the 100 fly and 200IM. It was a painful experience
Mine was 5th I was the youngest swimmer there but they allowed me bc I was faster then some of the 6th graders they said I was in 4 races but I was in 8 back to back they put my in like 50 butter and I didn’t do butter then and like hundred free 59 free im 50 back 2 100 relays
i hate when i am at a swim meet and im doing a I-M and i have to swim and flip to do back stroke. once i lost all my breath and i felt like i was about to pass out and i was so stressed so i was glad when i got to my breath again
off topic but what grade are you in? because I want to swim my sophomore year but idk if it would be too late lol also how much experience with swimming have you had?
i’m a sophomore who started swim this year and i say go for it!! there’s plenty of newcomers so you’ll definitely have other people who are in the same situation as you!!
I’m a sophomore who also started swimming this year (I did it for three years when I was like 5-8 but it’s been so long that it didn’t rly help once I started back up this year haha but I had never competed before) and I kinda suck but it’s so so much fun! Teams are usually really supportive and in a chill environment so I would say 100% go for it!!! Even if you decide it’s not for you, you can always just not continue in the future! Best of luck :)
I,d say go for it! I’ve been swimming since I was 3 and it’s a great atmosphere! Even if you’ve never swam before, it’s a great time to learn! Swim teams have the best kind of people on them, in and out of the water. It’s never to late to learn!
I’m a sophomore, and tomorrow I go to the second day of state! I’m actually so excited, my 100 time went from 1:38 seconds last year to 1:03 this year so I’m proud of myself but I’m also scared 😅
I’m not exactly sure what my times were here but this meet was awhile ago and I know I have improved a lot since then. Lately I swam a :30 50 free 1:10 100 free and 2:39 200 free. Thanks for asking!!
That’s alright! Good luck. You’ll do great! It’s ok to be nervous. Just be sure to hype yourself up before you get on the blocks. No one expects you to break a record just try your best and you’ve won 🥇
Swim meets are stressful I have one next week it the first one every since I came back because I had an emotional breakdown on if I should quit and I did but I came back and now I have a swim meet
My first swim meat was 5th I was the youngest swimmer there but they allowed me bc I was faster then some of the 6th graders they said I was in 4 races but I was in 8 back to back they put my in like 50 butter and I didn’t do butter then and like hundred free 59 free im 50 back 2 100 relays
