I was always wondering how much time you can shave down in like, 1 year .It is very interesting to know some experiences you had, guys - i.e. what is the biggest time improvement you ever had in one year.Any stroke and distance are welcome :-)))
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So a person with a 6-foot wingspan who gets 7 yards glide off a wall would have 54 feet left to travel in the length and thus a goal of being able to cruise at 9 spl.
Unfortunately, my wingspan is not very wide...(at least I don't think it is??)...I stand around 5'11'' and I have a medium to small frame....my arms come down a little below my waist in a resting standing position....so I'm guessing that my wingspan is below 6 ft. I think it's great that you guys are getting such good results though!....I can get around 10 strokes per length when I'm pulling with hand paddles (and there again, I am really concentrating on DPS). I also try to glide as far as I can off of every turn to minimize the amount of strokes I have to do per length....I think I am getting around 7 yards glide off of every turn since I believe I am traveling a little more than a quarter of the way down the pool off of each turn....it's something I have really focused on lately....I can get farther on Butterfly and Backstroke turns then on freestyle turns though...(and obviously on breastroke turns as well).....I'm not sure why??...I seem to recall that I had been told somewhere down the line that you can stay on your back for a little while after the turn on a freestyle turn and then roll over onto your frontside after most of the glide....Is that true?...and do you think that is advantageous?
newmastersswimmer
So a person with a 6-foot wingspan who gets 7 yards glide off a wall would have 54 feet left to travel in the length and thus a goal of being able to cruise at 9 spl.
Unfortunately, my wingspan is not very wide...(at least I don't think it is??)...I stand around 5'11'' and I have a medium to small frame....my arms come down a little below my waist in a resting standing position....so I'm guessing that my wingspan is below 6 ft. I think it's great that you guys are getting such good results though!....I can get around 10 strokes per length when I'm pulling with hand paddles (and there again, I am really concentrating on DPS). I also try to glide as far as I can off of every turn to minimize the amount of strokes I have to do per length....I think I am getting around 7 yards glide off of every turn since I believe I am traveling a little more than a quarter of the way down the pool off of each turn....it's something I have really focused on lately....I can get farther on Butterfly and Backstroke turns then on freestyle turns though...(and obviously on breastroke turns as well).....I'm not sure why??...I seem to recall that I had been told somewhere down the line that you can stay on your back for a little while after the turn on a freestyle turn and then roll over onto your frontside after most of the glide....Is that true?...and do you think that is advantageous?
newmastersswimmer
