Hi, I'm a high school swimmer currently in sophomore year and started swim last February/March. I am currently 6'0" and weigh about 138 pounds. I am currently on a club swim team separate from high school swimming and have a lot of ambition and dedication to swim. I've started swim with around 38 second 50 free (scy) at the start of my swimming career and currently have a 26.9 second 50 free, which i've reached recently, but the meet I swam in felt like I could've went faster. My seed time for the meet was 29.5, and had around a 3 second drop. During this meet, I think I probably breathed maybe around 5 times.
Personally, I think that I'm a fast kicker. Usually in practice, if we are doing kick sets like 6x25 kick w/ kickboard, I can usually make it around 16 seconds with about 80% effort. But my arms are really floppy, and get tired really easily when im doing main sets in swim practice. I usually swim really fast compared to other kids with gears like pulling gear or fins, but lack a lot comparing how fast I go with the gear.
There's a time trial meet for school about a month later and I'm trying to drop as much time as possible, possibly around 1.5 seconds at least. Are there any secrets, ways to reach that goal?
Thanks:)
The top three things you can do are:
1. Talk to your coach
2. Talk to your coach, and
3. Talk to your coach
Did I mention talk to your coach? Seriously, talk to your coach, and lay out some actions you can take. If you are seeking advice elsewhere, you will frustrate your coach enormously, as it may counter his philosophy. A coach's worst nightmare is having a swimmer who is being "coached" by others. It is usually parents, but coming on here and getting advice is not much different, even if we are an educated group.
And while you don't have a lot of time, I'd start loading up on the protein. 6' and 138 sounds very thin to me. Anything you can do to add muscle will help
The top three things you can do are:
1. Talk to your coach
2. Talk to your coach, and
3. Talk to your coach
Did I mention talk to your coach? Seriously, talk to your coach, and lay out some actions you can take. If you are seeking advice elsewhere, you will frustrate your coach enormously, as it may counter his philosophy. A coach's worst nightmare is having a swimmer who is being "coached" by others. It is usually parents, but coming on here and getting advice is not much different, even if we are an educated group.
And while you don't have a lot of time, I'd start loading up on the protein. 6' and 138 sounds very thin to me. Anything you can do to add muscle will help
