{"id":225171,"date":"2025-04-23T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=225171"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:30:17","slug":"6-things-to-take-away-from-a-bad-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/6-things-to-take-away-from-a-bad-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things to Take Away From a Bad Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>6 Things to Take Away From a Bad Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Jacob Riley<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alright, so you just came back and had a bad meet. You\u2019re pretty down in the dumps because you didn\u2019t put up the times you wanted to. This is a tough situation that even some of the greatest swimmers in the world fall into. A disappointing performance always hurts, because it makes you feel as if your work wasn\u2019t good enough. Maybe you just feel like something was off.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, there are important things to take away from having a bad meet, or a bad swim in general&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>1. A bad meet doesn\u2019t define you as a swimmer.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_154985\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154985\" data-attachment-id=\"154985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/an-interview-with-bogdan-knezevic-world-class-swimmer-and-rhodes-scholar\/13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o-e1444233981427.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1791,1134\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bogdan Knezevic kicking\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/23\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/21\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/19\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o Hawaii 3&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Rick Pelletier&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o-e1444233981427-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o-e1444233981427-1024x648.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-154985 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o-e1444233981427-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"13994031290_6d5b65c8db_o\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-154985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Rick Pelletier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One bad meet isn\u2019t the end of the world. Sure you always want to put up best times, and do your absolute best, but this one meet doesn\u2019t define who you are as a swimmer. As my coach says, \u201cIn other words, if you are a 51-second 100 flyer and you go a 56, you\u2019re still a 51-second 100 flyer.\u201d The point being, one bad swim\/meet doesn\u2019t mean you stink at swimming. It just means something didn\u2019t go right for you that day. That\u2019s important to consider when trying to improve from a bad meet.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Try to think about what specific aspects of your sub-par swims you can work on.<\/h3>\n<p>This is probably one of the more important things to think about after a bad meet. What part of your swims can you improve on? Where did the specific swim go wrong? Was it due to weak underwaters? Bad breakouts? Whatever the case is, make sure to figure out what went wrong with your swim in order to work on that in practice in the coming days so you don\u2019t make the same mistakes twice.<\/p>\n<h3>3. One bad meet doesn\u2019t equal a bad season.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_52138\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52138\" data-attachment-id=\"52138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/8-traits-that-define-an-excellent-swim-coach-and-caring-professional\/depauw-swimmer-and-coach2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DePauw-swimmer-and-coach2-e1476462821457.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3790,2845\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S8200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395417553&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0133333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DePauw swimmer and coach2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DePauw-swimmer-and-coach2-e1476462821457-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DePauw-swimmer-and-coach2-e1476462821457-1024x769.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-52138 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DePauw-swimmer-and-coach2-e1476462821457-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy:\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Everyone has a bad meet. There is nobody in this world that can put up a PR after every swim. It\u2019s just not possible. A bad meet or swim doesn\u2019t mean you will have a bad season. It isn\u2019t something that you should look at, and be discouraged by. It simply doesn\u2019t work like that. The only thing that will truly carry over from that specific meet is the mindset you take away from it. So don\u2019t let one meet define your whole season. If the bad meet is your taper meet, don\u2019t let it take away from the bright spots you had in your season. There is no reason to have tragic memories of a whole season, just because you had one below average meet.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Think about why you may have swum poorly.<\/h3>\n<p>This is important to think about so that you don\u2019t make the same mistakes twice. Why was your performance disappointing? Did you not get enough sleep? Did you not eat enough? This is important to analyze, so\u00a0you do not make the same mistakes before your next race<i>.<\/i> Think through your routine, and ask yourself if anything changed.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Keep a positive attitude.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_210819\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210819\" data-attachment-id=\"210819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/6-things-to-take-away-from-a-bad-meet\/allison-schmitt-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/allison-schmitt-2016-o-trials-10801.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;allison-schmitt-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467406450&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;allison-schmitt-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"allison-schmitt-2016-o-trials 10801\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;June 7. 2002 &#8211; 30th birthday 11\/25\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n4\/6\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/26\/2016 &#038; 9\/19\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nallison-schmitt- 100 Free, 2016, Olympic Trials, Omaha, Swimmers, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Allison Schmitt &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/allison-schmitt-2016-o-trials-10801-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/allison-schmitt-2016-o-trials-10801-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-210819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/allison-schmitt-2016-o-trials-10801-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"allison-schmitt-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-210819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whatever you do, do not leave that meet with a negative attitude. If you leave with a negative attitude, you have a chance to have more bad meets because of this one experience. It is super important to keep your head held high and use constructive criticism in order to make yourself a better swimmer for the future.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Have fun.<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure disappointing swims don\u2019t cloud your entire experience. Having fun is what this sport is all about. If you\u2019re not having fun then why are you still in the sport? If you can take away anything from this article, it\u2019s to have fun during your time swimming. Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff, like the occasional bad meet. It shouldn\u2019t define your experience as a swimmer, nor your memories.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Things to Take Away From a Bad Meet By Jacob Riley Alright, so you just came back and had a bad meet. 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