how to swim a 50m

Why? You pay more per yard, get less race time, have to get everything so precisely right to have a good race and, then, even if you drop like A LOT of time for a 50, it's like 0.2 seconds. Jamesmap, Don't listen to this guy.... A perfect 50 is a thing of beauty... pwb, Here's some money to make up for your lost dollars per yard figures: :2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents: ^^All intented as sarcastic razzing of the distance guy Rather than advice from a distance guy that doesn't like sprints. I am a true sprint guy that also does 100's. So here's MY answers to your questions, and they won't involve trying to sway you away from the best event, evar: 1) There is no pace for a 50, every stroke should be propelling you to go as fast as possible, other than, you want to make sure you're not spinning your wheels. Make sure you're getting traction in the water. You should be able to sprint your entire race at maximum effort. If you can't this is a direct function of training. You'll need to work more in practice towards being able to maintain your anaerobic effort longer. 2) I start out every single 50 race with the intention of not breathing for the duration. In masters, I'm at about a 50% ratio of races that I take a breath, and races that I don't. In my younger years I didn't breathe in a 50 swim ever. For ~32 seconds, you will probably need a breath, maybe even two. You have to remember, breathing may help you feel more comfortable, and ride higher in the water if you breath all your air out early, but it isn't going to contribute much to your swim. By the time the air you breathe hits your muscles, the race will be over. You'll want to work some things in practice to help this. Do 50's in practice: 25 breath as much as you want, 25 no breath. Do them every week until you can make the second 25 no breaths for the whole set. Its hard, but it will help. If you're going to breathe, plan ahead during your race. If you don't want to plan ahead exactly when you'll breathe, then tell yourself during the race, "I am going to breath in 6 strokes, in 4 strokes, in 2 strokes... brth". It will help keep the breath nice and short. I put "brth" shortened and lowercase for a reason. No need to gasp for a 50, remember its for comfort and bouyancy only. That air will not help the muscles during the race. If you wait til you MUST breathe, you'll tend to take a huge gasping breath that will not only kill your time, it will throw your stroke off for a few cycles while your arms delay to allow for the huge breath you took.

Why? You pay more per yard, get less race time, have to get everything so precisely right to have a good race and, then, even if you drop like A LOT of time for a 50, it's like 0.2 seconds. Jamesmap, Don't listen to this guy.... A perfect 50 is a thing of beauty... pwb, Here's some money to make up for your lost dollars per yard figures: :2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents::2cents: ^^All intented as sarcastic razzing of the distance guy Rather than advice from a distance guy that doesn't like sprints. I am a true sprint guy that also does 100's. So here's MY answers to your questions, and they won't involve trying to sway you away from the best event, evar: 1) There is no pace for a 50, every stroke should be propelling you to go as fast as possible, other than, you want to make sure you're not spinning your wheels. Make sure you're getting traction in the water. You should be able to sprint your entire race at maximum effort. If you can't this is a direct function of training. You'll need to work more in practice towards being able to maintain your anaerobic effort longer. 2) I start out every single 50 race with the intention of not breathing for the duration. In masters, I'm at about a 50% ratio of races that I take a breath, and races that I don't. In my younger years I didn't breathe in a 50 swim ever. For ~32 seconds, you will probably need a breath, maybe even two. You have to remember, breathing may help you feel more comfortable, and ride higher in the water if you breath all your air out early, but it isn't going to contribute much to your swim. By the time the air you breathe hits your muscles, the race will be over. You'll want to work some things in practice to help this. Do 50's in practice: 25 breath as much as you want, 25 no breath. Do them every week until you can make the second 25 no breaths for the whole set. Its hard, but it will help. If you're going to breathe, plan ahead during your race. If you don't want to plan ahead exactly when you'll breathe, then tell yourself during the race, "I am going to breath in 6 strokes, in 4 strokes, in 2 strokes... brth". It will help keep the breath nice and short. I put "brth" shortened and lowercase for a reason. No need to gasp for a 50, remember its for comfort and bouyancy only. That air will not help the muscles during the race. If you wait til you MUST breathe, you'll tend to take a huge gasping breath that will not only kill your time, it will throw your stroke off for a few cycles while your arms delay to allow for the huge breath you took.