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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Try these as pacing exercises:
Broken 100s at the 25, @ 50 pace
Broken 100s at the 50, @ 100 pace
10 seconds rest after each 25 or 50 inside the broken swims. In between broken 100s: 100-200 of active recovery freestyle or drill, plus 30 seconds to a minute of pure rest.
Figure out what your stroke count is for the first 50 of a good fast 100, and try to hold that stroke count on the broken swims. For a continuous 100, try to only increase your stroke count by 1 on the 2nd 50.
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Try these as pacing exercises:
Broken 100s at the 25, @ 50 pace
Broken 100s at the 50, @ 100 pace
10 seconds rest after each 25 or 50 inside the broken swims. In between broken 100s: 100-200 of active recovery freestyle or drill, plus 30 seconds to a minute of pure rest.
Figure out what your stroke count is for the first 50 of a good fast 100, and try to hold that stroke count on the broken swims. For a continuous 100, try to only increase your stroke count by 1 on the 2nd 50.
