Taper Workouts

I searched the past threads to try and find some answers to my questions about prepping for a "taper" meet. We are an uncoached masters team and I have been writing most of the workouts throughout the year, but when it comes to tapering I am a bit lost as to how to put an appropriate workout together as we close in on our biggest meet of the year. I realize that everybody tapers differently, but what I am looking for is just a general idea of what to do. We have been averaging 4000 yards 4x a week. I've read about the 100:75:50 ratio in terms of volume, but I also would like to understand what kind of workouts we should be doing. Volume wise we were going to do something like this: 4 weeks away from the meet - 3750 3 weeks away from the meet - 3500 2 weeks away from the meet - 3000 week before the meet - 2000 Any assistance (maybe an example) is appreciated.
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  • One of the best sets that I've done during a taper is 10x100 @3:00 10x50 @1:30 They are all out fast, with lots of rest. If you need more time to recover then up the rest. I did this last year a couple days before Nationals and it worked out.
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  • One of the best sets that I've done during a taper is 10x100 @3:00 10x50 @1:30 They are all out fast, with lots of rest. If you need more time to recover then up the rest. I did this last year a couple days before Nationals and it worked out.
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