So my local club team has no practice till January. Either theyre not that serious about swimming, or really serious about the holidays :carolers:
But anyway my main point is, I have to keep training. The times of my competition are getting really close for my goal meet at May 15th. However, my resources only allow me to practice in a 12.5 meter pool at the YMCA. Kinda funny right? :D
Anyway I just wanna see the public's opinion on this, as well as what are some good workouts with all those extra flip turns? I will try to do 2.5 hours Mon-Sat till January, attempting to keep the 4000 yards we get per practice (If those flip turns don't kill me first!) XD
Former Member
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
I'm skeptical about the bending at the hip thought.
You should be. It seems silly to intentionally focus on swimming with poor technique.
Former Member
Are you sure that is not how deep it is??????
Uh yes, I'm pretty sure haha. The pool is about 5 feet deep
Former Member
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.
Former Member
I would just decrease my practice frequency while increasing duration, and drive to somewhere with a decent pool.
Former Member
Perhaps invest in one of these.
Or maybe tie your body to the wall with a rope and try to swim?
