Thank you everyone here that has provided advice to me and others as I approach my first meet Sunday. I did some light warm up. Some med pace 50s then a few 25's. and ended with getting up on the blocks and doing some free back and *** starts. I noted I dropped about 3 sec on 25's on the br w the blocks and was about 2-3 on the fr. Excited for Sunday!!
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Cool man! Look forward to seeing you there. I currently have too much belly to get my feet up to the edge anyways on the starts!!! I tried doing some last night and figured better to just get into the water cleanly than slipping and getting no push at all!
Going to go for a light swim tonight after work and do a few turns etc... take tomorrow off (pool closed for districts)...
Then head up on Sunday. Excited and nervous!
Thanks everyone.
PS. I don't have really long hair but should I wear a cap? I have yet to try one.
Good Luck! I may or may not be swimming once I get there, we'll see how the injury is progressing, I'll be cheering you on if I'm not in your heats.
Another tip, especially for Backstroke starts, they may open a lane during warmup for starts only, Try one backstroke start just to get the feel of the wall, there's no need to take 10 practice starts. Oh yeah, at my first meet i didn't realize you can not curl your toes over the edge of the gutter for backstroke starts, until about two minutes be fore my race. Feet must be on the wall and underwater.
Look forward to meeting you!
Mike
Cool man! Look forward to seeing you there. I currently have too much belly to get my feet up to the edge anyways on the starts!!! I tried doing some last night and figured better to just get into the water cleanly than slipping and getting no push at all!
Going to go for a light swim tonight after work and do a few turns etc... take tomorrow off (pool closed for districts)...
Then head up on Sunday. Excited and nervous!
Thanks everyone.
PS. I don't have really long hair but should I wear a cap? I have yet to try one.
Good Luck! I may or may not be swimming once I get there, we'll see how the injury is progressing, I'll be cheering you on if I'm not in your heats.
Another tip, especially for Backstroke starts, they may open a lane during warmup for starts only, Try one backstroke start just to get the feel of the wall, there's no need to take 10 practice starts. Oh yeah, at my first meet i didn't realize you can not curl your toes over the edge of the gutter for backstroke starts, until about two minutes be fore my race. Feet must be on the wall and underwater.
Look forward to meeting you!
Mike
