Summer Swim Team... ?

Question

I am a good swimmer, and i feel that it's one of my passions and it's something that I'm good at. For the past two years i have done summer swim team with my local pool. It has been fun but has it's ups and downs. The coaches can be very strict and insane sometimes. Plus some of the swimmers eat sleep and breathe swimming and swim year round, giving them an advantage. Plus they're about twice as big as me. I always am way behind in practices because they can all swim faster then me since they have more experience. They have to wait for me, start on the next thing and then I get more behind. I enjoy meets as long as I compete in a section I like. My practices this year I will be one of the youngest of the group and practice starts a 7:00. I am not a morning person and one of my main goals this summer was to sleep in. My mom doesn't want this to be a struggle and neither do I- should I just take a break this summer and start again the next? Then again, I might be even more behind if I ..

Answer 1

"one of my main goals this summer was to sleep in"

Seriously?

Go ahead and swim. If you are not as fast as other swimmers, skipping a year will not make it better! 7:00 a.m. is early, but not insanely early. Practice will be over early enough to not conflict with other activities you might want to do.

Answer 2

Just carry on swimming, and if you want to sleep in just go to bed earlier. If you really want to catch up with the other girls, then you will probably have to join a swim club all year round. If you do decide not to do it this summer though, your goal of being a life-guard will be further away, and you will be a lot further behind all the other girls.

Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 3

go for it! swimming is a great sport. your get good excersize and it is easy on the joints.