Hey guys, do you have any strategy to swimming the 50 free?
1) Do you just go as hard as you can and hope you can stay strong till the end?
And
2) Same thing with breathing (if you can't last a lap without breathing) so do you pace your breathing or do you try to last as long as you can and then breath till the end?
What events are you doing before and/or after this 50 free? How much time will you have between them?
While some may argue that breathing during a 50 free has no benefit for it (I am not one), I've found that the more I breathe the better/faster I can recover after, and not suffer too much for other events after it. And if I swam an event within 30 min before, I'll certainly need to breathe more during it.
I don't focus on the 50 free, but will do it as filler between other events. In my last LCM meet, I did the 50m free in about 32. I don't have a breathing strategy, I breathe whenever I feel I need to. If I had to guess, I'd say at least 4 times, and probably closer to 8.
What events are you doing before and/or after this 50 free? How much time will you have between them?
While some may argue that breathing during a 50 free has no benefit for it (I am not one), I've found that the more I breathe the better/faster I can recover after, and not suffer too much for other events after it. And if I swam an event within 30 min before, I'll certainly need to breathe more during it.
I don't focus on the 50 free, but will do it as filler between other events. In my last LCM meet, I did the 50m free in about 32. I don't have a breathing strategy, I breathe whenever I feel I need to. If I had to guess, I'd say at least 4 times, and probably closer to 8.
