Hi everybody,
I'm sort of new to swimming (joined a local club about a year and a half ago) and I applied my high school varsity last week. The team's head coach said that if I'm to join the team next season, I have to swim 100m br in less than 1:22m.
I know this isn't too fast, but I have no experience swimming 100m br. My PB for 50m br is 37.11 but that was a long time ago and I'm sure I can swim at least one second faster than that.
So now I have less than two months to become a 100m breaststroker and I'm looking for tips, ideas, drills and workouts to help me swim under 1:20 or at least 1:22.
I'd like to start with splits. What split-technique suits what swimmer?
I thought since I'm more familiar with the 50m br I'd rather try to swim the first length faster (lets say 39 seconds) which will allow me a relatively slower second length (ca.43 seconds), mostly because I'm afraid it'll be harder for me to speed up after 75-80m than to maintain a sub 43s tempo.
What are your beliefs regarding this?
Thanks very much!
Gal
Hi Gal mag,
you have to swim 100m br in less than 1:22m in 2 months & your 50m br PB is 37.11
you're looking for tips, ideas, drills and workouts to help you swim under 1:20 or at least 1:22.
What split-technique suits what swimmer?
the first 50 of your 100 *** should be around a second slower than your all out 50
GET STRONGER
GET FASTER
work on your breastroke kick every day
focus on your 25 & 50 speed
focus on easy speed
race a 100 br 2 or 3 times a week
the safest thing to do is GET FASTER
if you can go 34 or 5 in the 50 *** that gives you a wide margin of error for your 100 ***
why not obliterate that 1:22 time?
Swim Faster Faster Index
Ande
Hi Gal mag,
you have to swim 100m br in less than 1:22m in 2 months & your 50m br PB is 37.11
you're looking for tips, ideas, drills and workouts to help you swim under 1:20 or at least 1:22.
What split-technique suits what swimmer?
the first 50 of your 100 *** should be around a second slower than your all out 50
GET STRONGER
GET FASTER
work on your breastroke kick every day
focus on your 25 & 50 speed
focus on easy speed
race a 100 br 2 or 3 times a week
the safest thing to do is GET FASTER
if you can go 34 or 5 in the 50 *** that gives you a wide margin of error for your 100 ***
why not obliterate that 1:22 time?
Swim Faster Faster Index
Ande
