Swimming Meet

Went for my formation swimming meet for the 1st time. Haha... I took part in 50m Breast Stroke, 50m FreeStyle, 50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly.

Have completed my breast stroke. Qualified for the freestyle, the backstroke dunnoe is final or heats.. Anyway, I find the meet alittle bit cock up..

For the timing wise.. i sms to baby.. ask her to keep for me.. coz i dun wanna look at it as it might affect my performace for the other events.. Haha.. Surprisingly, i did very badly in my breaststroke.. which i have expected to have a chance in the top 5 at least.. but in the end i came in 8th place.. Disappointed tot however, I have myself to blame.. coz i have really negleceted my breaststroke..

Since the start of the new year, i been focusing more on my back,free and butterfly.. I guess this is the results of over confidence. Something that my sec literature teacher has warned me about before.

However, I cam in 4th in the freestyle and backstroke. I'm quite happy with it. WIth my performace.. Thinking back, i think i swam really lousy in my breaststroke.. Must think of ways to improve on it..

Tml, is 50m butterfly.. I dun aim high.. Coming in the top 3 has never been in my mind. I went for this meet with a mentality that is.. "Just enjoy myself.. Experience the feeling of a competitive swimmer in a competition."

Honestly, i wanted all these experience for my students. In future, I'm going to coach competitive swimming. That's my aim. Surely I can share with them the experiences and the stress and pressure. Crowd Pressure. I like to share my experience with kids and see that they benefit from it.

WHen I was young, no one has ever shared this with me expect one of my swimming coach. I can still remember how he coached me and help me made my way to a sliver in breaststroke.

Hence, I'm quite disappointed in not achieving well in breaststroke today.

Well, I only got myself to blame coz I have not been training hard for this meet. hehe...

My objective is the biathlon. I wanna enjoy the experience and complete it. To me, Winning is not everything. Winning is just a form of recognition. You might win today, but u will not win forever.

Just like in gambling, you can win today, but one day u will sure lose, n when u lose u might lose everything( heard this from Channel U) hee..

What I wanted from this meet was just the experience, I had the experience when I was in pri 6. But after so long.. it seems to cool down.. so i wanna heat up that experience again.. If I win something, its a bonus. But I guess I have alreadi won myself in terms of timing. I'm proud of myself.

Next up, after this meet will be Biathlon.. ANd here I comes Biathlon~!~