The sport of swimming is a very intense sport which very few people become good enough to even get a little well-known from the sport. It takes focus and hours and hours of hard work just to have the chance to be a great swimmer. Even though focus and hard work are some the most crucial parts of being a good swimmer, one of the most important aspects of accomplishing high achievements is being extremely talented. You have to be talented for the sport of swimming, not everyone can jump in the pool and swim as gracefully as others.
Club swimming and high school swimming are extremely different from each other. I have been on a club team for nine years and it took me eight years to get to the top and be captain of my club team. I have only been doing high school swim for a week and I am already the fastest swimmer of the entire varsity team at West Hills. This shows that people who join high school swim are not as dedicated to the sport as club swimmers are. Since club swimming is year-round, people who are extremely dedicated to swimming usually do club swimming while swimmers who enjoy the fun of going to meets and having more fun with their friends do high school swim.
A recent accomplishment was winning the 4 x 200 medley relay and setting a new San Diego record. Leading up to the event, my three teammates and I knew how fast each of us had to swim to get the record. We all knew we had to swim faster than we had ever swum before. When we looked at the clock at the end of the race and saw our time, we knew all our hard work and focus had paid off.
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Not everyone can be a great swimmer.
Swimming takes 3 major parts to attain success:
- Hard work
- Focus
- Talent
Club swimming is extremely difficult.
High school swimming is more for fun.
