Help me break through a wall please!

These are short course 25 meter races. The pools here in Hokkaido are all quite old, and I haven't come across any blocks where I could feasibly do a track start. All the blocks are tiny, and some are not even angled forward. I used to swim 50km a week in school, but quit when I was 20. Now I'm 28 and have just gotten back into swimming. Work keeps me pretty busy, so I only swim once a week. Just about 1.5 km. It's just for fun. I don't race 100's or 200's because I just don't have the fitness. 25's and 50's I can get away with anaerobic, so I don't really need to be too fit! What's a jammer? Is that a fast suit? I'm from an era before those! I like my Alexandre Popov style costume! This weekend I'm swimming a 25 and 50 free, and a 50 fly down in Obihiro. It's SC. I'll really work my SDK and try and keep my head down. Fingers crossed I can get a 23. it all boils down to this question: "How bad do you want to be good?" you race short course meters It's well worth your time to travel to a meet in a better pool with better blocks you swim once a week 1.5 km I think you could swim faster if you swam 3 or 4 or 5 times a week Are you lifting weights? Strength and speed go hand in hand. Get stronger swim faster you can probably get away with 100's too for speed and strength training you don't need to swim much or far you just need to warm up and do a few very fast 15 & 25 swims & kicks with plenty of rest Plus maybe a very fast 50 or two once a week What's a jammer? a jammer is a swim suit that covers more of your leg the rule for men is below the belly button and above the top of your knee The Swim Faster faster Index has a link called FINA Approved Tech Suits where you can see examples. work on your SDK and test it, only use it if it's faster you want to do small fast SDKs Probably the best race footage of AWESOME SDKing is: Michael Phelps Mens 100m Butterfly Rome, 2009 WR FINA Emotional Phelps supports Speedo - YouTube Cavic went out in 22.6 ultimately what you want to do is improve your SDKs, test your SDKs & SFK (streamlined flutter kick), to figure out what gets you to 15 meters the fastest, if it's SDKs, come up with a kick count for your FL & FR races IE I SDK faster on my back than my belly, so I do more SDKs in my 50 bk than my 50 fly, also my 25 free than than my 25 SDK so I do less SDKs on my 50 FR than my 50 FL My race kick counts are: 50 bk 11 off the start & 12 off the turn 50 FL 8 - 10 off the start & turn 50 FR 6 off the start & turn don't "try and keep your head down" KEEP your head down also check out study and practice "Dive Work with World Record Holder Roland Schoeman" Hope you go 23, obliterate 24 Ande Ask the person filming you to: 1) Film you from an unobstructed elevated point 2) use a tripod 3) zoom in enough to get good race details but not too much so that they lose you on the turn or don't show the swimmers next to you unless they're really far behind & 4) practice following you while filming through a few fast turns in warm up so they keep you in the frame during your 50 races.

These are short course 25 meter races. The pools here in Hokkaido are all quite old, and I haven't come across any blocks where I could feasibly do a track start. All the blocks are tiny, and some are not even angled forward. I used to swim 50km a week in school, but quit when I was 20. Now I'm 28 and have just gotten back into swimming. Work keeps me pretty busy, so I only swim once a week. Just about 1.5 km. It's just for fun. I don't race 100's or 200's because I just don't have the fitness. 25's and 50's I can get away with anaerobic, so I don't really need to be too fit! What's a jammer? Is that a fast suit? I'm from an era before those! I like my Alexandre Popov style costume! This weekend I'm swimming a 25 and 50 free, and a 50 fly down in Obihiro. It's SC. I'll really work my SDK and try and keep my head down. Fingers crossed I can get a 23. it all boils down to this question: "How bad do you want to be good?" you race short course meters It's well worth your time to travel to a meet in a better pool with better blocks you swim once a week 1.5 km I think you could swim faster if you swam 3 or 4 or 5 times a week Are you lifting weights? Strength and speed go hand in hand. Get stronger swim faster you can probably get away with 100's too for speed and strength training you don't need to swim much or far you just need to warm up and do a few very fast 15 & 25 swims & kicks with plenty of rest Plus maybe a very fast 50 or two once a week What's a jammer? a jammer is a swim suit that covers more of your leg the rule for men is below the belly button and above the top of your knee The Swim Faster faster Index has a link called FINA Approved Tech Suits where you can see examples. work on your SDK and test it, only use it if it's faster you want to do small fast SDKs Probably the best race footage of AWESOME SDKing is: Michael Phelps Mens 100m Butterfly Rome, 2009 WR FINA Emotional Phelps supports Speedo - YouTube Cavic went out in 22.6 ultimately what you want to do is improve your SDKs, test your SDKs & SFK (streamlined flutter kick), to figure out what gets you to 15 meters the fastest, if it's SDKs, come up with a kick count for your FL & FR races IE I SDK faster on my back than my belly, so I do more SDKs in my 50 bk than my 50 fly, also my 25 free than than my 25 SDK so I do less SDKs on my 50 FR than my 50 FL My race kick counts are: 50 bk 11 off the start & 12 off the turn 50 FL 8 - 10 off the start & turn 50 FR 6 off the start & turn don't "try and keep your head down" KEEP your head down also check out study and practice "Dive Work with World Record Holder Roland Schoeman" Hope you go 23, obliterate 24 Ande Ask the person filming you to: 1) Film you from an unobstructed elevated point 2) use a tripod 3) zoom in enough to get good race details but not too much so that they lose you on the turn or don't show the swimmers next to you unless they're really far behind & 4) practice following you while filming through a few fast turns in warm up so they keep you in the frame during your 50 races.