Am I a fast swimmer?

Question

I'm starting as a freshman in highschool and I have no previous swimming experience, I just know freestyle and I swam a 25 meter pool in 20 seconds is that fast for a beginner? I still have to learn proper technique and the other strokes but would I be good?

Answer 1

kinda

Answer 2

For a beginner, that's a great start, keep it up :) I'm also going into eight grade, like the first answer, but don't listen to her, shes not even on a team!! Try watching the olympics, the underwater cam is great to see the techniques. You should go out for a recreational team, not a competitive first. It's a good start! I start there and have a 20.94 in a 50 yard. It definitely gave me a head up, and now im competitive. i hope it helps for you!!

Answer 3

its not the best .......

i'm going to 8th and i can swim faster that you ;P

but i swim like.....1 hour every sunday...annnnd

i've been swimming for like.....

3 years...

but i'm not on a team

so i guess your normal :)

Answer 4

20 seconds for a 25 is pretty good for a beginner, but typically high scchool swimmers swim it in under 15 seconds. I would say that you are on the right track though, keep up the good work, you can definitely join your high school swim team though, you seem to have a natural talent for  it. Go for  it, and good luck =)

Answer 5

that's not bad I'm going into my sophomore year and i can do a 25 in about 13 seconds but if you can kick hard do flip turns and stay focused than you have great potential so stick with it.

P.S. make the kids on your team your friends you will spend a lot of time with them

Answer 6

As a swimmer myself, I can tell you that you will most likely be swimming 50's rather than 25's. I'm not really that fast, (I just swim on a neighborhood swimteam sometimes) but I swim a 50 meter in 28 seconds. But that definitely come with practice, there is no way to be fast without it. Just go swim laps every day, or every other day, for about half an hour, and your times should go down pretty soon.