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
I don't know what your current time is but
let's say we're talking about your 50 time and you're currently swim a 50 back in 45
1) improve your start (1 second)
2) improve your underwater dolphin kick (3 seconds)
3) improve your backstroke (3 seconds)
arm cycle, feel for the water, body position and kick
4) improve your turn (1 second)
5) improve your touch (1/2 second)
6) improve your splitting (1 second)
7) get stronger (3 seconds)
8) get super psyched (1 second)
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 3 +1 = 13.5
correcting some of these might even help you improve by more
Ande
Originally posted by Seagurl51
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
I don't know what your current time is but
let's say we're talking about your 50 time and you're currently swim a 50 back in 45
1) improve your start (1 second)
2) improve your underwater dolphin kick (3 seconds)
3) improve your backstroke (3 seconds)
arm cycle, feel for the water, body position and kick
4) improve your turn (1 second)
5) improve your touch (1/2 second)
6) improve your splitting (1 second)
7) get stronger (3 seconds)
8) get super psyched (1 second)
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 3 +1 = 13.5
correcting some of these might even help you improve by more
Ande
Originally posted by Seagurl51
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
