In the finals of the 1500 at Worlds, I noticed that all of the swimmers were breathing on the first stroke coming out of their turns instead of taking a pull with the deeper arm and breathing on the second stroke. Any thoughts?
I thought that last turn was bad for everybody!
One thing I started doing Elaine, after my race in Feb @ Auburn, when I thought I was going to just die on the last turn of the blasted 200 *** (why, oh why do I enter that race?) - in practice, as much as possible I will do 2 kicks on my pullout and then the pull. I also do that drill where you take two underwater kicks and then a pull - and do three underwater kicks instead. Due to a severe illness as a child I only have 1 1/4 lungs left - which is how I got into swimming to begin with. You can increase your lung power, even as you age, even as you loose the elasticity of your tissues - but you have to be stubborn & persistent. I've noticed quite a difference already., and during my race at the end of March, it was still a ruff turn, but much better.
Yeah, I ask myself the same thing! :doh: But, after thinking about it after Nationals, I realized that the more regret I experience during a race, the more satisfaction I feel afterwards at having successfully completed it! Success, of course, is relative. At Nationals, I felt successful just having completed it without completely ripping apart my already-strained right adductor muscle!
Thanks for the lung training ideas; I will have to give them a try!
I thought that last turn was bad for everybody!
One thing I started doing Elaine, after my race in Feb @ Auburn, when I thought I was going to just die on the last turn of the blasted 200 *** (why, oh why do I enter that race?) - in practice, as much as possible I will do 2 kicks on my pullout and then the pull. I also do that drill where you take two underwater kicks and then a pull - and do three underwater kicks instead. Due to a severe illness as a child I only have 1 1/4 lungs left - which is how I got into swimming to begin with. You can increase your lung power, even as you age, even as you loose the elasticity of your tissues - but you have to be stubborn & persistent. I've noticed quite a difference already., and during my race at the end of March, it was still a ruff turn, but much better.
Yeah, I ask myself the same thing! :doh: But, after thinking about it after Nationals, I realized that the more regret I experience during a race, the more satisfaction I feel afterwards at having successfully completed it! Success, of course, is relative. At Nationals, I felt successful just having completed it without completely ripping apart my already-strained right adductor muscle!
Thanks for the lung training ideas; I will have to give them a try!
