I am doing the 200 fly for the first time. RUH OH!!!
Former Member
It's gonna be next weekend on April 1 at the 2012 Pacific Masters SCY Champs in Moraga, CA.
Please help me out! What do I do? What's the best strategy? My 100 fly PB is 1:04.2, but my in-season time is currently at 1:08.86.
I will also be doing the 200 back and ***. I haven't done the 200 *** in ages. The last time I did it (Jan '11) was absolutely horrible- I got a 3:17 when my 100 time at the same meet was 1:29. My 100 time has since gone down to 1:17. I just really, really want to go under 3 minutes in the event. What do you guys think will help?
As for the 200 back, my PB in that event is a 2:31.72 from a taper meet last July. My converted scy time from a meet close to that one is about a 2:47, but I'm getting down pretty close, in the 100 at least, to my taper time at this stroke. Last month, I went 1:09.6, which was just a second off my taper time of 1:08.6.
All suggestions, strategies, condolences... are welcome! If I don't survive, James Thornton gets to have all my posts.
Is it a taper meet or train through?
SHAVE, you're a hairy dude
Correct splitting is critical
Tip 345 Correct Splitting
Tip 266 how to correctly split & incorrectly split a 200 (revisited)
Tip 74 How to Correctly Split the 200 *** and 200 Fly
Tip 12 Correct Splitting
2 fly:
EASY SPEED SDKs but not many, maybe 4 or 5 off your dive & off your turns like 2 or 3
Swim your first 50 relaxed and smooth, maybe around 85% effort
Breathe every stroke
Save your legs, do small kicks
I have a sprint fly where I do 2 kicks per stroke and an easy speed fly where I do one kick per stroke
keep your hips high
your goal is for your last 3 50's to be very close
to do this you must do your 1st 50 correctly
you want to feel OK at the 100 & decent at the 150
on your last 50: do more SDKs & sprint
Wear a speedy suit
Is it a taper meet or train through?
SHAVE, you're a hairy dude
Correct splitting is critical
Tip 345 Correct Splitting
Tip 266 how to correctly split & incorrectly split a 200 (revisited)
Tip 74 How to Correctly Split the 200 *** and 200 Fly
Tip 12 Correct Splitting
2 fly:
EASY SPEED SDKs but not many, maybe 4 or 5 off your dive & off your turns like 2 or 3
Swim your first 50 relaxed and smooth, maybe around 85% effort
Breathe every stroke
Save your legs, do small kicks
I have a sprint fly where I do 2 kicks per stroke and an easy speed fly where I do one kick per stroke
keep your hips high
your goal is for your last 3 50's to be very close
to do this you must do your 1st 50 correctly
you want to feel OK at the 100 & decent at the 150
on your last 50: do more SDKs & sprint
Wear a speedy suit
