Why do coaches tell players not to go swimming when playing baseball?

Question

why it is not a good thing to go swimming during the time you play

baseball

Answer 1

Most coaches think that swimming during a sport season other than swim team is a fatigue factor before competition.

That is why, mostly fear the chance that you will be too tired to put in a 100 percent effort on game day.

Answer 2

I've never heard that one!!!  Actually, swimming should be excellent cross-training and conditioning for any sport, whether it be baseball or basketball or wrestling or anything else for that matter.  The likelihood of injury from swimming is much smaller than any other sport that I can think of.  It is my experience that coaches in sports other than swimming do not always understand the benefits of aquatics exercises and may make recommendations such as the one you heard out of ignorance rather than for any specific reason.