I enjoy swimming and stuff, but I always get rammed into whenever I do backstroke by the rest of the people (1) in my lane at swim team practice.
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When doing backstroke make sure your arm touces your ear as it goes past it also has to touch your leg. Keep your head strait and looking back. Keep your arms strait, and your legs straight when you kick, and kick consantly. I see lot of people kicking from their knees, this is rally bad, kick from your hips. Practice kicking hugging a kickboard. Also when you are doing it see if you can find a straigh line that goes all the way down the pool andfollow that.\nI hope this helps!
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swimming is not a sport you want to be doing if you dont like it, specially when you are getting into competition and had training..\n\nI knew this guy who loved swimming more than anything, but was reaaaally slow in highschool, like reaally slow. But he enjoyed it so much that he kept swimming. His senior year droped 40 seconds in his 500 and now he is the best in the country, triple NCAA champion.. moral of the story? if you love to swim, swim.. and dont worry about times in highschool\n\nif you just want something to do in the afternoon maybe you should think of other sports
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Participating in a sport is great. If you are going to try out for a team sport be sure that you are aware what playing volleyball for a team will involve. Be ready to commit to your practices and putting forth your best effort. If you are not willing to sacrifice free/leisure time for a team sport like volleyball, then maybe its not for you. You're team mates will be counting on you.
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Since you are getting decent times I would assume that your stroke is pretty sound. To cut time in your swim work on the transitional parts of your swim. Work on your starts. Swimming short course? Work on your push off and your underwater glide. And of course work on finishing strong. Ask your coach or a fellow swimmer to help you with your stream lining. Also check your hand/arm position on your stroke. On your recovery, work on exploding forward into a long stretch into your glide.
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I used to play Water polo so I can tread water for long amounts of time. I personally don't find it to be very hard but I have had a lot of practice. I had to tread water for 10 minutes when I got my Lifeguard certification but its really not that bad. Just remember you can use your arms if your legs get tired. Also don't try to kick the way you would if you were free style swimming try to egg beater if you know what that is or the breast stroke kick. Also practice before you have to do it. Good luck and don't worry its not so bad!
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Ahh, man, I probably would get in trouble, but I'll say swim team. Anything you like. If long as it doesn't cost me money.
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Maybe it has something to do with the actions you're making.  When you're timing yourself out of water, you're just sitting there right?  But when your under water, you're treding or moving in some sort?  Try timing yourself when your walking around the house or jumping up and down....the blood takes in more oxygen(which means you need more) when its pumping faster.  Just an idea!
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As a fellow triathlete, I would suggest that you join a masters swim team.  You will get a great deal of coaching, conditioning and training that will make you a more efficient swimmer, which is really what it is all about.  Swimming faster does you no good if you leave too much energy in the water and do not have the power and speed left for the bike and run.\n\nMaking sure that you are not fighting the water but using it to your advantage is key.  Learn to draft off others, make sure that you are swimming "within your tube" and within your target heart rate.  This will leave you fresh for the remainder of the race.\n\nTwo great sources are www.totalimmersion.com, an excellent resource for learning to swim efficiently, and The Swimming HUB, swimmingscience.blogspot.com.  Both of these sites will give you the head start that you need to start winning those races.
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I'm guessing that you're in a club already. Make it your goal to beat the best swimmer in the bunch and stay on top of the gang.
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You certainly don't want to hear someone say this but please keep one thing in mind, not every person that tries out for a team get chosen.  Maybe there is a reason that you can't get it.  Maybe you are not cut out to be a cheerleader, maybe you should be on the team that is getting cheered on?
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Free divers practice by doing a dead mans float in a pool during regular practices every week. Basically they just go limp and face down in the water. It's best to do this with a partner in case there is a problem.\n\nYou should also completely exhale and inhale a few times before going under. Again, swim with a partner in case there are complications.
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The song technique is one of the best that almost all swimmers use.  I've also heard that thinking of something that makes you angry also works because it causes you to take your stress out on the water... hehe I've used that technique a few times also, you feel nice and relaxed when you finish =D
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1. Change water polo teams\n2. Get to know her more (even ememy's are nice)\n3. Ignore her\n4. Talk to your coach and he/she could help with your problem by talking or even kicking her out. But remember it is not always for fun, water polo, it is a sport.
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as a freshman i totally understand where you are coming from, i've got swimming tryouts this week and we'll see what happens i guess. but back to you: okay sounds like you've just got nervous jitters. all that you need to do is practice. that and endurance running b/c i've never played basketball but i know enough to know that it's just one long game of suicide. just do some extra endurance training, train the way you've been training and just do your best because that's all that you can do. best of luck to you with basketball and i hope that you make the team!!
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I swim competitively currently under the coaching personel of 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristine Quance.  I love swimming and im not in high school yet.  no funny stories yet but swimming is really good for you
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Why do you enjoy swimming more than other sports?\nHow do you feel when you swim?  When you compete?\nTalk about these things.
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Well that narrows it down a bit.\nI could say swimming like most of the others but I'm not going to.\nI think you should do the best sport out there for getting you fit,which is SEX and plenty of it.\nEnjoy your new fitness plan! lol