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7 Things That Swimmers Fear Will Go Wrong on Race Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

By J.P. Mortenson, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n

After months and sometimes even years of training for what will hopefully be the fastest swimming of your life, race day has finally arrived. Race day is a\u00a0nerve-wracking time for swimmers, as they are forced to perform and see the results of their grueling work, whether good or bad. However, sometimes the unexpected happens – the very things that every swimmer fears will go wrong on race day actually go wrong.<\/p>\n

1. Missing Your Race<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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At every swim meet, you will hear the officials announce: \u201cLane four! Last call for lane four!\u201d Normally hearing this is not a big deal, except for when you are supposed\u00a0to be in lane four. But instead, you are sitting with your teammates. On the other side of the pool. <\/span><\/p>\n

2. False Start<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sometimes for whatever reason, in between take your mark and the starting \u201cBEEP,\u201d sometimes your body just decides to twitch a little bit and jump a millisecond early. Sometimes you are lucky and if the officials are merciful, you will be able to shamefully crawl out of the pool and hop back to the blocks without getting disqualified. But more often than not when you false start<\/a>, you will swim the whole race only to find out it didn\u2019t count. When this happens, you better hope that your race isn’t the mile.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Slipping Off the Blocks<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott<\/p><\/div>\n

Slipping off the blocks is a great way to kill your momentum right from the beginning of the race. It’s demoralizing to meticulously prepare for a race, only to have something go awry literally from the start. On the bright side, you can still recover from a bad start, and belly flops are always entertaining to watch. <\/span><\/p>\n

4. Equipment Malfunction \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Every swimmer at every level of competition has dealt with equipment malfunctions. Despite only having to worry about goggles, a cap and a suit, swimmers\u2019 equipment decides to break and stab them in the back with shocking regularity.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Realizing the Swimmer Next to You is Way Faster Than Their Seed Time.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Anesh Debiky\/Swimming South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n

When the heat sheets come out, most swimmers immediately check the seed times of the swimmers in the lanes next to them. Sometimes you will be placed next to a swimmer who is way faster than you, but if you know this going in, you will not be caught off guard if they start pulling way ahead; you can at least try your best to stay near them. However, very little can prepare you for when the swimmer that you were supposed to be faster than pulls way ahead and becomes \u201coutside smoke\u201d or a \u201csurprise heat winner.\u201d The only thing worse is when a swimmer with a slower seed time pulls way ahead and leaves you in their wake, but they are only going their seed time.
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6. Missing Your Turn<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Going into a turn neck and neck with your competition only to mistime it, have your toes barely graze the wall, and then push off the wall several body lengths behind their competition is one of the worst feelings a swimmer can have. Despite practicing literally hundreds of turns daily, no swimmer can claim that they have never mistimed or completely missed a turn\u00a0during a big race at some point.<\/p>\n

7. Going Out Too Fast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is no better feeling than having an electric start and taking a race out faster than your competition. Unfortunately, every swimmer has also had races when they take it out too fast and hit the halfway point, only to have all of their muscles tighten up and are suddenly way more tired than they should be at that point in the race. When this happens, you know it is going to be a struggle to make it to the finish. All of the sudden, the wall seems farther away, and all you can do is hope for is the race to end while you watch someone else pass you and win the race that should have been yours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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