The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Paul Smith OK, I'll come back into the "dog park" and lift my leg....... Ion, I hope you can find a more zen like relationship to your training. Swimming is a beautiful thing, much of that beauty has little to do with speed or fitness but rather with how you interact with water. My biggest thrill is simple gliding, whether thats off a turn, a start, or on a dive at 100 feet. Find that "feel/balance" and you'll find a whole new experience in the sport you love so much! Paul, I think you are really on to something here, I agree with you 100%. Speed is a result of effecient interactions with the water. IF you fight with the water you lose every time! Ion, from two credentialed swimmers (with defference given to Paul) if you haven't already done so, perhaps you could consider adding more drill and technique work to your workouts and really spend a lot of mental energy working on your feel of the water. Do your drills at 3/4 normal speed, do your drills at 5/4 normal speed - how does it feel different? Concentrate on how the water feels on the palm of your hand. Turn your hands a few degrees on the in sweep - what effect does that have? These are the kind of things I used to do - when I was much faster! - and I recommend them to any and everyone.

Originally posted by Paul Smith OK, I'll come back into the "dog park" and lift my leg....... Ion, I hope you can find a more zen like relationship to your training. Swimming is a beautiful thing, much of that beauty has little to do with speed or fitness but rather with how you interact with water. My biggest thrill is simple gliding, whether thats off a turn, a start, or on a dive at 100 feet. Find that "feel/balance" and you'll find a whole new experience in the sport you love so much! Paul, I think you are really on to something here, I agree with you 100%. Speed is a result of effecient interactions with the water. IF you fight with the water you lose every time! Ion, from two credentialed swimmers (with defference given to Paul) if you haven't already done so, perhaps you could consider adding more drill and technique work to your workouts and really spend a lot of mental energy working on your feel of the water. Do your drills at 3/4 normal speed, do your drills at 5/4 normal speed - how does it feel different? Concentrate on how the water feels on the palm of your hand. Turn your hands a few degrees on the in sweep - what effect does that have? These are the kind of things I used to do - when I was much faster! - and I recommend them to any and everyone.