Why isn’t My Swimmer Dropping Time?

Swimming is an individual sport and our kids are all unique. Hard work will pay off in the end if swimmers have the desire and passion to stick with it through the ups, downs and plateaus.

“Why isn’t my child dropping as much time as so and so?” I hear that all the time — and I’ve felt those thoughts, too. It can be frustrating when your kid is putting in tons of hard work, never misses practice, and other swimmers are dropping time when your child isn’t. One of the hardest things is not to compare our swimmers with other kids at practice and meets. It’s nearly impossible not to.

Here are several things to think about when we wonder why our children aren’t improving, but others around them are:

ONE

You are going to notice.

Acknowledge that in a sport where the stopwatch spells out in black and white who is faster and who is slower, you’ll notice.