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Meet Goals

As we enter our last meet of the year it might be a good time to revisit your swimming goals to get a picture of where you stand.  We want you to think of this meet as a championship meet, the first since last winter.  We hope that the holiday season combined with this great opportunity that you have been given that you are able to have a little more bounce in your step, that you come prepared to swim fast.  Just Do You!

Speaking of preparation the meet sheets should be out by Friday, so our suggestion is to figure out your events, heat and lane assignments before you arrive at the meet.  This will relieve that stress from your day.  Write it on your hand, piece of paper or take a picture of it with your phone. Do something to prepare.  Pick out someone to beat.

This may also be the best time to revisit an old story, you may remember it as, Good.....Better.....Best....a old Mother Goose nursery rhyme that easily relates to your swimming.  What it means is “Never rest until your good is better and your better becomes your best.”

So, let’s dive into that little rhyme for a moment.  Before you go any further take a moment and think about what that means to you, Not what you think we want to hear but what it truly means to you and your goals.


First up is good might and what that may look like to you. I dunno, 1:01something in 100 free because that’s what you were doing in practice during the set in practice when you were with your teammates with no worries in the world.  To do that on race day would be a good thing.
 

With that in mind now let’s talk about what better might look like to you.
Again, I am not sure but going out in a 29 something and coming back in a
31 sure looks better because you finish with a 1:00 something.  Could that be your goal?  Now for some of you perfectionists out there you may think that’s a slap in the face because you wanted to go under, but when realistic goals are set maybe just maybe you will relax a little more and by relaxing some of your anxiety and stress may just float away and and allow you to swim fast setting the stage for your best.

The best swim would be for that perfectionist who has set that dream goal of not only going under 1:00 but has set the goal of breaking 59.  You know you have to get out fast maybe a 28 low perhaps a high 27 and then by reaching deep inside yourself you have the ♥️ to come back in a 30 low to go from a good goal, to a better goal, to the 
Let’s have a good week at practice.






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