Tomorrow is the start of the swim season!!

[Casie 0]

Have fun & best of luck beating your time

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[Viking 0]

*Sigh* I went into practise and was informed that i'm not eligable for this season. I can not compete. Turns out i didn't take enough class' last semester. So i'm gonna keep going to practice and dry lands. But i have to wait another year to get back into swim meets

Good news is that i will be able to go to the meets and shoot pictures for the team and the school Paper. Even more good news my NEW jumpsuit was waiting for me when i got home!!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
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[RoadRash 0]

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It's so good to be back in the water. As an "adult" when @ the gym, swiming "serious" laps, everyone thinks your on a team or something... kinda an ego booster.

Yeah, I would speak to a doctor, but that sounds kind of like you did something to a nerve...that is just a guess...otherwise...I would ice...and gently stretch...if it continues...you will definitely have to speak to a doc...(which sucks, I KNOW!!!!) I had to go through 3 1/2 months of physical therapy and my parents made me quit after my junior year...poo......Hope everything works out ok...!!!!

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[jumprunner 0]

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*Sigh* I went into practise and was informed that i'm not eligable for this season. I can not compete. Turns out i didn't take enough class' last semester. So i'm gonna keep going to practice and dry lands. But i have to wait another year to get back into swim meets

Good news is that i will be able to go to the meets and shoot pictures for the team and the school Paper. Even more good news my NEW jumpsuit was waiting for me when i got home!!!

What do they want you to do spend your life behind a textbook? Try the power gloves anyway in training and I think youll see the difference. You can get the H2O gloves online or at any surf shop, only about 10 bucks.

Here's a link for H2O gloves

[Viking 0]

Well its a college team so I have to take class'.

Looking at the way those gloves are designed it would give me bad habbits like having my fingers spread wide instead of close together. Paddles don't do that b/c they work just as well if my fingers are closed unlike those power gloves that require me to leave my hand open for them to function properly. They are ment for surfers not competetive swimming where stroke form is key. Thanx for the advice though.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[EricaH 0]

Guess I should find a doc. Pain actually started last year, noticed that I couldn't put my down-plane arm over the person next to me, then after RW jumps my finger tips were numb.... guess that's really why I went to Freeflying

Viking, I remember those paddles - very good things! And they do the same thing Jumprunner is talking bout, but don't mess w/ your hands. They're actually more unforgiving if you do something wrong in your stroke. Really teach you hand entrance & exit form!

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[genoyamamoto 0]

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Well atleast thats the first day of practice hehe. I'm setting a goal to break 55 seconds in the 100 butterfly. Last season i was able to go from a time of 1:07 after not swimming for 2 years down to a hair over one minute. I'v signed up for a weight lifting class to help get the muscle i'll need to get my time . oh and i'm taking a few other book work class' *ugh*

I'll keep you guys updated on the season as it happens and i'll be shooting pictures for the school paper every now and then so you guys will see those as well.

Dude! 55 seconds for the 100 meter butterfly? That's pretty quick!

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[Viking 0]

ya i know

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[genoyamamoto 0]

Friggin sweet! So I guess you want to hit 55.39? Tell us if you make it to the OT.

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[Viking 0]

i'd be happy if i hit under that.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[jumprunner 0]

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Well its a college team so I have to take class'.

Looking at the way those gloves are designed it would give me bad habbits like having my fingers spread wide instead of close together. Paddles don't do that b/c they work just as well if my fingers are closed unlike those power gloves that require me to leave my hand open for them to function properly. They are ment for surfers not competetive swimming where stroke form is key. Thanx for the advice though.

True, they are meant for surfers, I use them for power takeoffs on a shortboard but Im about the only one who ever wears them. Feel "naked" without them.

Either way, any rule that says you cant use them in a competition?

Actually, you want to spread your fingers and form a cup, then point your wrists slightly downward when using them, that gives the rest of your body upward lateral momentum.