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It's not THAT I'm worried about. -_-

SunnyDaysDontLieSunnyDaysDontLie
edited October 2010 in Vent
So, at lunch the other day I saw my swim coach handing out interest forms, which you had to fill out regardless of whether or not you swam last year. I filled it out, chatted with her, and then asked her when and what the tryouts were going to be.<br>They were going to be November 2nd for the girls, at a swim place just up the road. I can do that. However, tryouts are more challenging than last year. Instead of a 100 meter IM [if you guys don't know what an IM is, it's butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, in that order], which was last year, it's a 200m IM. I can't do butterfly, and it KILLED my shoulders and injured my tryout time last year. If you want me to be honest, I look like a dying whale that's about to get beached attempting to do the butterfly. <br><br>And, to make my situation worse, she's doing cuts this year, which didn't happen last year. She's cutting about 20 swimmers. So if you don't know how to do a stroke, you're cut. If your times aren't fast enough, you're cut. Period.<br><br>I learned about this, and flipped out. I'm decent at backstroke/breaststroke. I have an almost perfect freestyle. I. Can't. Do. Butterfly.<br><br>Guess who knows how to do butterfly at my house?<br>My mother went to states in high school for her butterfly. She's got first place ribbons all for butterfly. And, it's under 3.5 weeks until tryouts.<br>She can't find time to take me and teach me butterfly, because she works night shifts, and today is one of her night shift days. She's like, "I can just take you and drop you off at the YMCA.." <br>I don't want to be dropped off to do my own thing, I want to learn a stroke that has the potential to damage my shoulders and rip my joints! <br><br>I'm not letting some damn freshman take my sport away from me this year. And considering the fact that the majority of the potential team swimmers are freshmen, the chances have spiked. -_-<br><br>Sigh. So now I'm off to go and study videos of Michael Phelps swimming butterfly, because I have nothing better to do on my Sunday morning.
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  • RoyalRaccoonRoyalRaccoon
    75.84.62.221
    My half sister was an amazing swimmer when she was in school. She used to always teach me all the strokes when I was a little kid, but swimming has never been my thing. I also HATED butterfly strokes. Doubt I can even do anything anymore other than float and kick. <br><br>Good luck though~ I hope you're able to get into swimming, and perfect the butterfly stroke.
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  • Sea OatsSea Oats
    174.96.165.125
    I know very few people that can do butterfly well. I've been swimming competitively for almost 12 years.. and I still to this day cannot do it and make it look good, and it's not easy. IMO, if you can't do butterfly, you shouldn't be cut, but then, I'm not a coach either. You'd think she'd take into consideration that it's the hardest stroke of them all. >.<
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  • SunnyDaysDontLieSunnyDaysDontLie
    70.60.126.212
    Sea Oats wrote:
    I know very few people that can do butterfly well. I've been swimming competitively for almost 12 years.. and I still to this day cannot do it and make it look good, and it's not easy. IMO, if you can't do butterfly, you shouldn't be cut, but then, I'm not a coach either. You'd think she'd take into consideration that it's the hardest stroke of them all. >.<
    <br>Before my mom completely tore her shoulder apart doing it, and then before her car accident, she was a very good flyer. She just. Doesn't have the time or patience to show me the proper movements. It's more along the lines of I know the movements, but being a person who does mainly freestyle, I can't get my lower half to move at a different time than my upper half. It's pissing me off, honestly.<br>I'm about to email her, or maybe call her tomorrow or something, and talk to her about my issues with butterfly. I can tell her that I'll learn it as best I can before tryouts, and then work on it during swim season, granted I make it. <br>I'd love to make the school team because it's:<br>A) cheaper than that swim place up the road from me, which charges $120+ dollars -a month- for their team. <br>B) It looks really good on a college application if I do the school's team all 4 years of high school.<br><br>It's frustrating. I can't do a stroke. So what? It tears up my shoulders. I shouldn't get cut because one stroke isn't my best. I can't do word problems in math. I find them confusing and hard to do, but they don't fail me because that's not my strong suit :/
    "I am carrying all my hatred and contempt for power, its laws, its authority, its society, and I have no room for guilt or fear of punishment."-Diego Rios
    Semper Fi.
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