Would You Rather: 25 Swimmer Decisions You Get to Make
Sports present athletes with many challenging situations that demand decisions. Difficult tasks not only help us grow as athletes and individuals, but they also teach us how to problem solve and move forward when faced with failure. Imagine having to choose between two tough circumstances related to swimming. What would you choose? Read along to decide!
Would You Rather…
Rip your brand-new tech suit at your championship meet or forget it at home?
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Race a 1000 IM or race a 400 butterfly?
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Snap your new goggles right before your race or have them fall off when you dive in?
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Be allowed to break the 15-meter rule or flip turn every wall no matter the stroke?
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Miscount your teammate’s mile or do an extra 50 in your own mile?
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Relay start every race or always have the fastest reaction time off the block?
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Swim in a really warm and empty warmup pool or a really cold and crowded warmup pool?
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Get first place and add two seconds from your best time or swim a best time and just miss the podium?
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Swim a world record time or win an Olympic gold medal?
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See your hair turn green from the chlorine or lose your eyebrows from the chlorine?
Would You Rather…
Not be able to use fins during a kick set or not be able to use paddles during a pull set?
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Have to put a wet suit on or a really tight dry suit?
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Dry yourself off with a large, non-absorbent towel or a small, absorbent hand towel?
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Have to do an underwater kick set with DragSox or a parachute?
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Have to swim a 25 with the bucket all the way full or swim with the rack at the heaviest weight?
Would You Rather…
Lose your cap during a race or have your goggles fill up with water off your start?
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Practice at 5 a.m. or 8 p.m.?
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Race backstroke outside in the sun or inside without lane lines?
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Practice without music or without your teammates?
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Go a best time at a meet and get DQ’d or miss your event?
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Miss the wall on your flip turns or swim into every wall with a strong jet?
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Not be allowed to dive off the block for your race or not be allowed to do any underwaters or pullouts?
Would You Rather…
Swim on a relay with Regan Smith as your lead off backstroker or Caeleb Dressel as your anchor freestyler?
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Have no time to warm up for your race or no time to warm down after your race?
Would You Rather…
Always smell like chlorine or always have dry skin?
I hope you had fun reading and deciding these ‘would you rather’ prompts! Comment down below which one was your favorite! Which question was the hardest for you to answer?