Practicing in a 12.5 meter pool. Lol?

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Former Member — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:09:57 GMT

Perhaps invest in one of these. Or maybe tie your body to the wall with a rope and try to swim?

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Former Member — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:32:26 GMT

I would just decrease my practice frequency while increasing duration, and drive to somewhere with a decent pool.

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Former Member — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:32:07 GMT

You'll take more strokes per length if you do "swim aways" instead of push offs "swim aways" are where you don't push off at all, your feet touch the wall and you swim away Do kick aways as well. Also if you swim bent at the hip with your knees down you'll encounter more resistance on each pull and take many more strokes per length. Nice, never heard of swim aways. I'll give it a shot tonight. For some reason I'm skeptical about the bending at the hip thought. I'm scared I might lose my feel for the water if I do that XD.

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Former Member — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:22:24 GMT

Are you sure that is not how deep it is?????? Uh yes, I'm pretty sure haha. The pool is about 5 feet deep

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knelson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:42:36 GMT

I'm skeptical about the bending at the hip thought. You should be. It seems silly to intentionally focus on swimming with poor technique.

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orca1946 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:02:24 GMT

Are you sure that is not how deep it is?????? I would have a great 400 im time!!!!

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Former Member — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:04:07 GMT

Club Wolverine makes a point of shortening their pool every few weeks. Short pool = excellent for high intensity work! Short Pool - 12.5 Yards - YouTube

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ande — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:45:32 GMT

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AnnG — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:05:33 GMT

Swim lots of butterfly.

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knelson — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:58:45 GMT

So my local club team has no practice till January. Either theyre not that serious about swimming They definitely aren't. Many teams put in their hardest training of the year right now. Isn't there a longer pool anywhere you could use? Good luck!

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Karl_S — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:02:42 GMT

When faced with tiny hotel pool I work on SDK and breaststroke pullouts.

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Former Member — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:25:42 GMT

I have a 20x40 backyard pool and I've tried to practice in it. It's not easy. As soon as you turn you can take 3 strokes and then have to turn again. I've done over 1,000 yards, but its almost dizzying, plus my pool isn't great at absorbing the waves created, so it can get choppy. Usually I give up and drive to the pool. I'd agree with working on your breakouts. Work on your turns and breathing. Work on your dives if allowed (though without a block, it may not be entirely helpful). Try and swim as far as you can, hopefully pesky little kids won't get in your way (I'm assuming this is not a lap pool). Good Luck Funny you say that cause it is a lap pool. It is my last resource, as all of the other pools don't offer lap swimming to the public. Sad day.

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Former Member — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:13:26 GMT

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Debugger — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:11:16 GMT

Good visualization of swimming in such a pool - All-Strokes - Hotel Pool Sculling - YouTube :bolt: They share some good ideas though how to get use of swimming in such pool

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Glenn — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:54:05 GMT

I agree with gobears. I have rigged up a tether for my own backyard pool where I do three sets of six all out 8-10 second sprints on a minute. It trains the (I think) ATP energy system and is really a great sprint workout. That of course would not be the only thing you do and you wouldn't do it everyday, but it could be a part of your training.

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gobears — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:35:12 GMT

I'd be tempted to do a lot of kicking and vertical kicking/sculling. Practice your streamlined kicking sprints. It would be tempting to use a swim tether or surgical tubing of some kind to allow you to swim longer without turns (not sure if that would be allowed). Good luck!

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smontanaro — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:24:53 GMT

Might this be an opportunity for extra work on your breakouts? Think of it. If you exceed the 15m limit you will know it for sure. :nono: