@mikeanzano 100%. My club coach used to say, “Try is a three letter word for fail.”
Personally, we don’t use this. Yoda’s quote: “do or do not, there is no try” works best and always gets the athletes to smile.
We’re likely already swimming more than the required distance but we want to make that number as small as possible.
Below is an example. Even if the red line has a higher velocity it’s a longer line!