Reply To: Ran a little experiment
Great idea to test that out. I have found the same thing, though I didn’t test it scientifically.
It’s hard a large group of swimmers but it’s very important to keep them honest on these things. I don’t know that keeping them honest is the right way to phrase it because I don’t think they are intentionally getting their times wrong. I’ll often ask my swimmers what they went and then tell them what I had for their time. I think that helps them start to figure out how to more accurately time themselves.
I definitely need to start doing a better job timing them.
Question: When you time your swimmers when do you start your stopwatch? I start it when they are underwater with their legs still bent at the wall. I hope that’s not too late.
"Most people have the will to win. Few have the will to prepare to win."
