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In the vocabulary of real-everyday-normal-people lingo, a \u2018facepalm\u2019 refers to those moments in life where the only plausible reaction you have is to bring the palm of your hand to your forehead in exasperation.<\/strong> It\u2019s that \u2018Oh my gosh, I can\u2019t believe I just did that!\u2019 moment of embarrassment, or the \u2018Can you believe he just said that<\/em>\u2019 instance of agitation, and as swimmers, we have our fair share of them.<\/p>\n

One that is particularly annoying is slipping off of the wall on a flip turn.<\/strong> It\u2019s that moment when you\u2019re preparing for the rotation, an action so familiar it could be done in your sleep (and often is\u2026 6 AM practices, anyone?), but suddenly your feet slip on the end of the turn. You lose all of the power and force needed to properly push off of the wall, and are left wondering \u2018How the heck did that just happen?!\u2019. Flip turns are second nature to any experienced swimmer, a skill that is practiced so often we don\u2019t even have to really think about the mechanics of it. So when we do have a slip up (literally!), it can be a bit of a bruise to our egos, and a cause for exasperation.<\/p>\n

Another nuisance that is at least a bit easier to justify is miscounting mileage.<\/strong> In practice, it is especially easy to let your mind wander away from the task at hand, particularly during the less-than-thrilling distance sets that are so infamously tedious. I can\u2019t even begin to quantify the number of times I\u2019ve been swimming and suddenly wondered \u2018Wait\u2026 was that 550? Or 600?\u2019. A black line is not the most stimulating thing to look at, and counting distances upwards of several hundred yards is enough to mix even the best of us up sometimes. And while most of the time it works out alright since normally at least someone<\/em> is aware of which lap you\u2019re on, sometimes everyone is just having \u2018one of those days\u2019, and as a group, you collectively end up doing either too much or too little. And cue the facepalm!<\/p>\n

Perhaps the ultimate moment of annoyance that swimmers can universally agree on, though, is missing a desired time, a specific standard, or a podium finish by a fraction of a second.<\/strong> I can practically hear the *smack!* as all of the sprinters reading this bring their hand to their forehead, exasperated by the mere memory of a time they fell short by 0.01 seconds. In a sport where every millisecond counts, missing a goal by such a close margin is gut-wrenching, and leaves you second-guessing every move you made in the race. \u2018Maybe if I hadn\u2019t trimmed my nails last night I would have had that extra half an inch!\u2019. Or, \u2019If only I had stretched my arm just a liiiiiiittle<\/em> bit further!\u2019. It\u2019s like that old saying goes; \u2018So close it hurts\u2019. And trust me, it really, really hurts.<\/p>\n

So whether it\u2019s a technical mix-up, a slip of the mind, or a time that we fall short of, swimmers everywhere have definitely all experienced at least a few facepalm worthy moments. Thankfully, though, we also get to experience the jump-for-joy, fist pumping the air, smiling so big it hurts kind of moments. And those are the ones that make it all worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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