Hi everyone I am writing this post because recently my pool has been closed because of something wrong with the lighting and a gala was cancelled on Sunday sadly because of it. Thankfully we got to train yesterday at a different pool but our pool might not open till next week and they arent running any sessions this week and thats not good coming up to Counties. My dad said we could go training at a pool near us but I wont be able to do the amount of hours I normally do so does anyone have any drills I could do at home that will help when I get back into the pool.

I could really need bit of help because my times are too slow. And I am age 14

I've always struggled short course not being a very powerful swimmer - a big problem when most top breaststrokers spend almost half the race underwater! Last weekend I had a great time racing in Sheffield and managed to set 3 PBs. 50 BR - 31.10 --> 30.52 (finally faster than my long course 😂) 100 BR - 1:07.79 --> 1:06.53 200 BR - 2:28.33 --> 2:27.20 I even managed to sneak under 30 seconds on my relay split (29.98) which was awesome. The 200 needs some big improvements still but it's getting there. Short course season is never a focus, but it's been a good chance for me to work on my weaknesses like turns etc. and hopefully this will carry into long course improvements. I think what worked best was my mentality approaching races. I may have missed national qualifying times by tiny margins in each race, but I still approached the next race with the same confidence that I was improving. In short, trust the process, if you work smart you will succeed eventually.

I'm putting into action the lessons I've learned along the way of running the MindGym (FREE) for the last 4 months. Wanted to give you a quick look at what the new Classroom is going to look like. What do y'all think??

@David Karasek Question for you and others: Sometimes during a race-pace (4×50m or something), you would always have to give it all, right? Always when we do that though, I always think about the future; "if I give everything I got it the first and second pace, I'll die of exhaustion in the next two" or "oh god, the others are pretty chill about it, I'm a nervous wreck". How can I improve that, is there any trick to do so? 🦊