There's a swim meet coming up in one and a half month's time, and i am planning to take on the 200m freestyle.
Can anyone help me specific on what drills and sets should i be focusing on?
And by the way i am training with weights too, following this program by jason lezak
www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm
I am on the speed training phrase now though.
I am also doing the 3-3-3 drill swimspire recommended me and some finger drag catch up, but hope for some sets and other drills
When I have a good swim (which generally means "when I don't take it out too fast") then the 200 fly can be sublime.
But a bad 200 fly...that's the only event where I can seriously doubt my ability to finish the race.
It is a little fun, in a morbidly fascinating kind of way, watching OTHERS implode on the last length of a 200 LCM fly, though.
But I digress: the 200 free is a fun race, I don't know what you haters are talking about. The advice about using broken 200s is a good one. One type of broken 200 that can reproduce the feel of the actual race is to decrease the amount of rest between 50s as you progress (eg, take 10/8/6 sec between 50s) while trying to hold close to race pace. Another option is to break it as 75/75/50, instead of at the 50s, taking first 15 then 10 sec rest at the breaks.
When I have a good swim (which generally means "when I don't take it out too fast") then the 200 fly can be sublime.
But a bad 200 fly...that's the only event where I can seriously doubt my ability to finish the race.
It is a little fun, in a morbidly fascinating kind of way, watching OTHERS implode on the last length of a 200 LCM fly, though.
But I digress: the 200 free is a fun race, I don't know what you haters are talking about. The advice about using broken 200s is a good one. One type of broken 200 that can reproduce the feel of the actual race is to decrease the amount of rest between 50s as you progress (eg, take 10/8/6 sec between 50s) while trying to hold close to race pace. Another option is to break it as 75/75/50, instead of at the 50s, taking first 15 then 10 sec rest at the breaks.
