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
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Hi Ande, Allen - thanks for helping!
Ande,
you said my first 50 should be a second slower than my all out 50, so for me this means about 37 (or 38 according to my old 50m time). Is it usual to slower swimmers (i.e. non professionals)? It sounds great, but I'm afraid of starting the second 50 with no air.
Allen,
if I'll swim the first 50 like Ande said (37s) and the second 50 like you said (4s slower than the 1st one) I'll make it to the team. What can I do to make sure my second 50 isn't more than 4 seconds slower than the 1st 50? Any specific workout? I thought maybe swim 50m fs or br and then sprint back or is there something else?
One more thing - I read Wayne McCauley's article about breathing every other stroke cycle, what do you think about it?
Thanks again.
P.S
Already started reading Ande's Threads. Thanks :)
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Hi Ande, Allen - thanks for helping!
Ande,
you said my first 50 should be a second slower than my all out 50, so for me this means about 37 (or 38 according to my old 50m time). Is it usual to slower swimmers (i.e. non professionals)? It sounds great, but I'm afraid of starting the second 50 with no air.
Allen,
if I'll swim the first 50 like Ande said (37s) and the second 50 like you said (4s slower than the 1st one) I'll make it to the team. What can I do to make sure my second 50 isn't more than 4 seconds slower than the 1st 50? Any specific workout? I thought maybe swim 50m fs or br and then sprint back or is there something else?
One more thing - I read Wayne McCauley's article about breathing every other stroke cycle, what do you think about it?
Thanks again.
P.S
Already started reading Ande's Threads. Thanks :)
