Before this camp, I had never been told I was a butterflier before. I come from an area where people who are “butterflier” swim sub :58 100 fly and swim ridiculously fast sets. I always assumed I was bad at butterfly because I couldn’t keep up in the butterfly sets with those girls and my coaches are men of few words. Being told I had a beautiful stroke and could definitely swim a 200 fly made me feel so good inside and the comments were so genuine. I now know it’s something I can work on to better my IMs and maybe survive those long butterfly sets in practice. Even though I was definitively the oldest person at the camp I felt like I was still given things to work on and focus on in the future which I greatly appreciate. I was worried I would come in to the camp and be dismissed because my stroke was “fine”. I appreciated being included. Thanks.
- 16 years old
- Towamencin, PA
