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I've got a mini thread for you @Berlin_Endgame. Interesting parallels and differences between amateur chess improvement and swim improvement in age-group triathletes. Like chess, elite swimmers have large training volume early in their childhood 1/
Elite Triathletes without a swim background that learn the technique in their adulthood might carry this as a weakness in their racing. For regular amateurs, improvement is difficult, and coaching (hat tip @SwimForTri) is supremely important. Improvement is very difficult as 2/
... improvement is multi-factorial, fitness, technique, unlearning bad habits, creating new good ones, making the best of your own style, same as for chess. People might develop strong opinions about certain styles of exercises (like the use of pull boys and other 'toys') 3/
There is demand for people who want to start from scratch with 'methods' like @swimsmooth and @TISWIM. All of this is VERY similar to chess. But from my experience, people seem to internalize better that swim improvement comes from a lot of time in the pool and ... 4/
while some look for a silver bullet there is less hiding behind the reality that improvement comes from hard work. Happy to hear thoughts from people who have straddles both communities!
