What has green hair, red eyes, and dry skin? A Pitman pre-season swimmer! As swim season approaches, the Pitman swimmers and coaches prepare for the season by doing pre-season swim. They do workouts that help build up endurance, speed, and improve strokes.
There are many people in the pool during 6th period as swim season gets closer and closer. Among them is fellow swimmer Chelsea Adware who comments, “The pool is getting more and more crowded and it’s getting a little hard to avoid hitting people.” Though inconvenient forChelsea, this simple reality demonstrates the great number of people who are looking forward to the start of the swimming season this year.
Swimmer Alex Selee says that he can’t wait for swimming to start up. “So many swimmers make for a really fun season,” he says.
Swim meets are a lot more fun with more people. The team is very supportive of each other. They cheer for one another every chance that they get. During pre-season, the swimmers are expected to prepare for the season.
Some swimmers work on different things to prepare for their individual goals for the season. Jordyn Kennell is trying to build up endurance for the season. Other swimmers are working on building up speed for sprints. They work on flip turns, stroke work, endurance, kicking, and dives. There is so much to do and to work on before the season starts.
All work and no play makes for a very boring practice and swim season. The swimmers have a lot of fun during the swim practices. On a day when it is someone’s birthday the team cheers the swimmer on while they swim their best event, helping them improve while still having fun. Having fun can also create some competition.
During the time that the swimmers are training for the season, they have some competition. Sometimes they’ll compete in relays, making a fun way to get faster. They’ve had time trials, which are like mini meets. During the time trails, the coaches get to get a glimpse of the swimmers strengths and weaknesses. The swimmers also get a feel of what they really enjoy swimming and the races that they don’t like very much.
All of the swimmers are excited to get the season started. They all have the races in mind that they want to swim. They are looking forward to the swim meets and the close friendships that form during the season. The team becomes close, like a family, and supports each other in what they do.
