{"id":22693,"date":"2009-11-17T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2009\/11\/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-textile\/"},"modified":"2014-07-28T00:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T07:06:15","slug":"a-glimmer-of-hope-in-textile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-textile\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glimmer of Hope in Textile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Excerpt by Shawn Klosterman, originally published on <a href=http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.tv\/blogs\/2009\/11\/17\/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-textile.html target=_blank>SwimmingWorld.TV<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, November 17.  MY old college coach stopped me at a high school meet to ask me what I thought about the decision to take the shiny suits away. Apparently he doesn&#39;t read my blog. He is a suit fan. He thinks they were good for the sport and he listed some pretty valid reasons.<\/p>\n<p>I replied that I wasn&#39;t sure whether it was the right decision to take tech away but that I am curious to see where it goes. I remember saying that we might see a psychological phenomenon. You see, now that all these swimmers have gone so darn fast with the suits, I was anticipating that there might be some swimmers who can&#39;t deal with not going best times after going back to textile. I know a few swimmers who will probably struggle because they will not be able to rationalize it and will be tied to unrealistic expectations\u2026 and I could see them getting discouraged enough to consider hanging it all up.<\/p>\n<p>But then, there was the other side of it. I had to wonder, how many swimmers will expect to keep swimming those fast times\u2026 <b>and then live up to it<\/b>?<\/p>\n<p>Last year, at the Missouri high school boys championships, the talk on the deck was that swimming in our state had taken a real step up. It wasn&#39;t about the winning times. I believe that only two state records were broken, and they were in relays. What struck us all was the depth. There were times that would have won events just a few years before that would not have even made the top 8. It was fascinating. I know that I felt that we were part of something really special for our area. 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