By Brian Honicky, Swimming World College Intern
I sometimes wonder what it would take for me to want to quit swimming. What would have to happen for me to completely renounce the sport, to hang my cap and goggles up for good? Thankfully, it’s pretty hard to come up with any reasons short of a devastating injury. Yet fairly often I see swimmers who have completely fallen out of love with the sport give it up for good, sometimes at very unexpected points in their careers.
Of course, each person has his or her own reasons for leaving the pool deck that are highly personal and shouldn’t be questioned. There are countless explanations for why someone may not want to continue a sport that is time consuming, physically demanding, and emotionally exhausting.
While talking to friends that may have lost the passion that they once had for swimming, a few things became clear to me. This is a sport that asks its athletes to be incredibly open to change. As one goes through their athletic career there will be new teams, new coaches, and new events that require them to adapt. As a swimmer, you cannot hesitate to change because times of progression and evolution are times when true success begins. An old coach of mine used to tell me that my times would never drop if I wasn’t open to doing things differently. Refusal to break routines is what leads to plateaus– a major reason why people lose confidence and drive in our sport.
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