I'm going to say no way you improve 5 seconds. Probably as steve said 1.5 seconds or so so like 31. When I was swimming regularly I could do the 50 in about 25.2 in a meet (yards, yeah I know, I was slow) but I could do 27-28 at the end of practice even pretty much regardless of how hard it was. Maybe someone can get 2-3 seconds, but 5 seconds, no way unless that 50 was part of 50x50s on 45 seconds or something.
I don't know... I was doing 34-35 before Nationals. Ended up going 29.8. Made 28.9 on our free relay but I dqd us in the process. I also could never break 1:14 from a dive doing 100 free in practice. Ended up with a 1:06 which I thought I could have done much better on. Lots of factors could go into all of this:
Training Distance - I was piling up meters (5K-7K 6 days a week) to train for 200 br so I was pretty beat up when I did sprints for time.
Drag suit - Mine is an Arena suit which seems to absorb water like a sponge. It drags more than my old speedo suit did. My Yingfa racing jammer felt much different (faster) when I hit the water... even better than my Speedo Aquablade.
Shave/Taper - Don't know exactly how much difference this makes but it sure seems to help a lot.
Dive - gotta believe this gives at least a second.
Psychological - My 50 free came right after I blew past my 3:00 goal on 200 Br so I was pretty pumped up.
Pool/water - I trained in 84 degree water all summer long. Swimming in the cooler water at a fast pool like Auburn has to help some.
So, yes I think 5 seconds is possible but under the right circumstances.
I'm going to say no way you improve 5 seconds. Probably as steve said 1.5 seconds or so so like 31. When I was swimming regularly I could do the 50 in about 25.2 in a meet (yards, yeah I know, I was slow) but I could do 27-28 at the end of practice even pretty much regardless of how hard it was. Maybe someone can get 2-3 seconds, but 5 seconds, no way unless that 50 was part of 50x50s on 45 seconds or something.
I don't know... I was doing 34-35 before Nationals. Ended up going 29.8. Made 28.9 on our free relay but I dqd us in the process. I also could never break 1:14 from a dive doing 100 free in practice. Ended up with a 1:06 which I thought I could have done much better on. Lots of factors could go into all of this:
Training Distance - I was piling up meters (5K-7K 6 days a week) to train for 200 br so I was pretty beat up when I did sprints for time.
Drag suit - Mine is an Arena suit which seems to absorb water like a sponge. It drags more than my old speedo suit did. My Yingfa racing jammer felt much different (faster) when I hit the water... even better than my Speedo Aquablade.
Shave/Taper - Don't know exactly how much difference this makes but it sure seems to help a lot.
Dive - gotta believe this gives at least a second.
Psychological - My 50 free came right after I blew past my 3:00 goal on 200 Br so I was pretty pumped up.
Pool/water - I trained in 84 degree water all summer long. Swimming in the cooler water at a fast pool like Auburn has to help some.
So, yes I think 5 seconds is possible but under the right circumstances.
