K, so I have a hurt shoulder but not from swimming (imagine that!). By now I wanted to have goal races for December SCM NE Champs but I'm still mostly kicking with a bit of 1 arm drill. I may or may not be better by then but I want something to focus on now to keep me going.
I've been practicing a LOT of SDK (although I'm mostly unable to streamline the hurt shoulder) and a lot of breaststroke kick with gentle sculling. I'm doing other stuff, too but a lot of dolphin & whip kick drills. I did some open water swimming this weekend (30 minutes without a set distance) completed as 5 x 1 arm fly, 5x *** kick with sculling (not a legal pull). And it got me thinking...I could race...anything.
So I was thinking:
50 M free as 1 arm Fly
100 M free as 1 arm ***
200 M Free as 1 arm IM or 1 arm Free
All with in water starts.
Except the tricky part being *** isn't quite legal for Freestyle - I do go under a tiny bit and certainly would with a 1 arm stroke. Is it possible to get 1 arm *** for time in a breaststroke event if you keep that arm by your side and don't use it the whole race? I mean, I'll get a time no matter what but not get DQ'd? Would it be possible?
How would you turn or finish? “the touch shall be made with both hands separated and simultaneously” so to turn you will need to unglue the arm. Also during the swim “The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start, and each turn."
The touch would be a problem. In order to do a touch it would have to come unglued thereby making the second rule a problem. Hands brought back to me implies movement. I need to do an in water start, so I wouldn't have ever "brought it back". It just wouldn't have entered the race. But if it needs to move just to touch the wall, then it would be "brought back". :-/
How would you turn or finish? “the touch shall be made with both hands separated and simultaneously” so to turn you will need to unglue the arm. Also during the swim “The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start, and each turn."
The touch would be a problem. In order to do a touch it would have to come unglued thereby making the second rule a problem. Hands brought back to me implies movement. I need to do an in water start, so I wouldn't have ever "brought it back". It just wouldn't have entered the race. But if it needs to move just to touch the wall, then it would be "brought back". :-/
