SWIMMERS QUIZ – HOW WELL DO
YOU PERFORM AT COMPETITIONS?
All
swimmers aim to swim the perfect race, lets see how you rate your last swim,
whether it
was done in a training session or competition.
1. How did
you prepare the night before your last race?
A. Entered
a sweet eating competition (and won)
B. Danced
into the early hours at a Disco
C. Eat
healthily and went to bed early
2. What did
you have for breakfast on the morning?
of your
last swim meet?
A. Fry-up
B. Buckets
of strong coffee with biscuits for dunking
C. Toast,
fruit, low-fat yoghurt and fruit juice
3. How did
you warm-up at your last meet?
A. Watched
TV and got to the pool too late for a warm-up
B. Swung
my arms around a few times
C. Had a
good stretch, did some light swimming,
practised starts
and turns, then kept warm.
4. Waiting
for my race I:
A. Ate
sweets and drank coke
B. Told
myself I would lose the race
C. Rested,
stretched from time to time,
sipped
water and relaxed
5. When it
was my turn to race I:
A. Ran
screaming from the building
B. Went to
the toilet and missed my race
C. Got up,
walked calmly to the marshalling area
6. In the
marshalling area I:
A. Got
freaked out listening to everyone
telling me
how fast they were
B. Chewed
on my goggles, hat, nails
C. Stretched
lightly and controlled my breathing
7. Behind
the blocks I:
A. Waved
to everyone I knew in the spectators area
B. Danced
a nervous mambo
C.
Controlled my breathing and thought about
swimming
my own race
8. On the
blocks I:
A. Faced
the wrong way
B. Wished
I was somewhere else
C. Thought
about exploding off the blocks and the first
three
strokes
9. What did
you do as you hit the water?
A. Sank to
the bottom
B. Swam
really great freestyle (but it was a fly race)
C. Held a
great streamline, kicked strongly and exploded
to the
surface.
10. During
the race I;
A. Checked
out the costume design of the other swimmers
B. Looked
around to see who was in front
C. Swam my
own race, controlled my breathing and pace
11. When I
came to the turn I:
A. Hit my head
on the wall and knocked myself out
B.
Breathed on every stroke inside the flags
C.
Attacked the wall, did a tight turn, kicked powerfully
out of the
turn, streamlined then exploded to the surface
12. What did
you do when you felt yourself tiring?
A. Slowed
down
B. Cried
and got out
C. Focused
on keeping my strokes long, strong and smooth
13. In the
final ten metres I:
A. Faked a
cramp
B. Breathe
on every stroke and forgot to touch the wall
C. Swam in
strongly, not breathing on my last six strokes
14. What did
you do when you finished?
A. Did
another circuit because I lost count
B. Kicked
the winner under the water
C.
Congratulated the winner and a team-mate who had
done a PB
15. When I got
out of the water I:
A. Made
mum and dad buy we chocolate and sweets for
trying so
hard
B. Got
upset because I hadn’t won
C. Spoke
with my coach about the race, did a swim down,
Drank some
water, ate a small piece of fruit, stretched
then
rested.
SCORES
1 point
for every ‘A’ score
2 points
for every ‘B’ score
3 points
for every ‘C’ score
15 – 18
points BE CAREUL IN THE BATH YOU MAY
DROWN
19 – 30
points KEEP TRYING YOU CAN IMPROVE
31 – 38
points POTENTIAL SUPERSTAR
39 – 45
points OLYMPIC MATERIAL