Today marked my last first day of varsity swimming at my pool. It was mostly sweet. One thing that’s very interesting about our team is that our coach has been coaching for 56, he has won numerous awards on state and national scales. Our school has held many state champions in the past few years because we had a few very strong swimmers. This year however isn’t very strong, well, we have good depth but no star swimmers. And here’s where my coach comes into play. My coach believes that anyone should be able to swim and that anyone in 10-12th grade can make varsity which is very nice of him but he then also has to teach the newbies how to swim. So every year for the first month we just relearn how to swim. For someone who has been swimming year round for almost seven years this gets a bit frustrating, because this year more than ever we need those intense practices that get us that competitive edge. And when I say these things to people it really makes me look like a asshole because my coach’s ideas are noble but I think they aren’t best for the competition. I am extremely competitive so I rant about this all the time but I still have a hard time trying to find a way to put this all without sounding like a complete jerk. Besides all that, practice went well it’s really nice to see all my swimming friends in one place because in the off season we all go to our separate clubs. A highlight of today was that a good friend and I have been working really hard at bubble rings and we have practically perfected them. Here is a video of them:
Hope you all had a good monday it was a difficult one to get back to right after Thanksgiving!
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