I know the conversion formulas to go from yards to meters, or vise versa, are not great, but I just have to hear some others opinions on converting LCM to SCY and comparing to previous SCY PBs.
A swimmer, who is a friend of the family, dropped a ton of time from her last LCM PB’s. If you totaled across all eight events she swam this past weekend, she dropped well over a minute. When her LCM times are converted to SCY times only one time was better than her last SCY PB. Everything else was hanging in right there with her previous SCY PBs. Her mother is concerned that there hasn’t been as much improvement as there should have been. What do you all think? Reason for concern or not?
If you totaled across all eight events she swam this past weekend, she dropped well over a minute.
I think this is by far the most important stat. She dropped a ton of time. The conversions should only be used as a general guide. You really need to compare apples to apples, and LCM to SCY is definitely not that.
Here's something to consider. I would guess the conversions are based on time comparisons for elite swimmers. Elite swimmers (generally) have great walls. That means they are going to be "faster" comparatively to slower swimmers when going from long course to short course because they are gaining so much from the extra turns.
If you totaled across all eight events she swam this past weekend, she dropped well over a minute.
I think this is by far the most important stat. She dropped a ton of time. The conversions should only be used as a general guide. You really need to compare apples to apples, and LCM to SCY is definitely not that.
Here's something to consider. I would guess the conversions are based on time comparisons for elite swimmers. Elite swimmers (generally) have great walls. That means they are going to be "faster" comparatively to slower swimmers when going from long course to short course because they are gaining so much from the extra turns.
