Not sure if this goes in this forum or not, but I could really use some help on this. I finally have got my freestyle times to be below 40 sec. consistenly for 50 yds (i know it's slow but it's the fastest I've ever been personally), and now I would like my backstroke times to come down. I feel like I've tried everything I know to make them faster and I'm feeling kind of stuck. I do some interval training but they still seem to be in the mid-40's for 50 yds. I think I roll enough (I show my shoulder on every stroke) and my kick is decent, but when I kick hard, I feel like I sink. I've tried everything that I can think of and all kinds of combinations of kicking and arm speed to get myself to go faster and no matter what I do, I still can't get my times to come down. So anyway, now that I'm done complaining (sorry)I was wondering if anyone had any tips to help me out? Thanx a bunch!!
~Kyra
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Thanx for the replies. I looked at that Piranha Backstroke site it was very helpful, and I'm excited to try the drills that USA swimming had this week. I haven't been able to get to the pool recently (finals ick!!), but I have doing my stroke in front of the mirror and found something that feels like it might make me go faster. So are your hips supposed to move in more of a figure 8 rather than just back and forth? I usually just roll back and forth but when I was doing the figure 8 (on dry land mind you) it felt like if I were to do this in the water it would really help my shoulder shrug and pull and give me a lot more power. Is this true or close to something at least? Thanx!!
~Kyra
Thanx for the replies. I looked at that Piranha Backstroke site it was very helpful, and I'm excited to try the drills that USA swimming had this week. I haven't been able to get to the pool recently (finals ick!!), but I have doing my stroke in front of the mirror and found something that feels like it might make me go faster. So are your hips supposed to move in more of a figure 8 rather than just back and forth? I usually just roll back and forth but when I was doing the figure 8 (on dry land mind you) it felt like if I were to do this in the water it would really help my shoulder shrug and pull and give me a lot more power. Is this true or close to something at least? Thanx!!
~Kyra
