I've haven't been swimming competively for about 2 years, but now I am getting back into it, I am in better shape now than when I was 12, I play football and baseball. Swimming season starts in the end of october, what are some drills I can do to get faster? I can't get to the pool very often becayse I have school from 7:50am to 2:37pm and football from 3:45-7:00pm, and football on saturdays 8:00am-9:00am, so they only day I can swim is sunday, so I need some out of water drills, any help is greatly apreaciated, Thanks
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i cant answer that for you - its a question of relativity with the answer dictated by factors such as your age/swim history/fitness/ etc etc but probably most importantly your own set of achievable goals in swimming.
40 seconds might be good if you have never done a 40 before but again I dont know.
Look at it methodically, where are you now? where do you want to be? and so, how are you going to get there? Make your goals hard enough to achieve to keep them worthwhile and make them realistic and achievable.
To jump a free time from 30 secs to sub 22 is in my mind unachievable in a swim season but then I dont know what you are/or have been capable of. I like to use people's doubt a strong source of motivation though. But I also feel that if you are unable to dedicate the time to swimming then again you will find it hard to achieve higher swimming goals.
So again JC, are you in it for the long run(swim!) or just for fun?
i cant answer that for you - its a question of relativity with the answer dictated by factors such as your age/swim history/fitness/ etc etc but probably most importantly your own set of achievable goals in swimming.
40 seconds might be good if you have never done a 40 before but again I dont know.
Look at it methodically, where are you now? where do you want to be? and so, how are you going to get there? Make your goals hard enough to achieve to keep them worthwhile and make them realistic and achievable.
To jump a free time from 30 secs to sub 22 is in my mind unachievable in a swim season but then I dont know what you are/or have been capable of. I like to use people's doubt a strong source of motivation though. But I also feel that if you are unable to dedicate the time to swimming then again you will find it hard to achieve higher swimming goals.
So again JC, are you in it for the long run(swim!) or just for fun?
