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
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
As with most things in swimming ... practice, practice, and more practice ... Technique is huge obviously, make sure you are starting your kick from the gut and using your hips. Work it on every backstroke set. Do underwater 25s with no breathe.
yeah I'm going to have to do just that I know.. I'm assuming those underwater 25's would be on my stomach,, not my back, correct? there's NOOOOO way I could do that on my back!..
lol.. boy that would be an ugly thing to witness!
I also have the question of how the heck do you keep water from getting up your nose while holding your breath??... do you have special nostril exercises, or are you all just genetically advanced?? ;)
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
As with most things in swimming ... practice, practice, and more practice ... Technique is huge obviously, make sure you are starting your kick from the gut and using your hips. Work it on every backstroke set. Do underwater 25s with no breathe.
yeah I'm going to have to do just that I know.. I'm assuming those underwater 25's would be on my stomach,, not my back, correct? there's NOOOOO way I could do that on my back!..
lol.. boy that would be an ugly thing to witness!
I also have the question of how the heck do you keep water from getting up your nose while holding your breath??... do you have special nostril exercises, or are you all just genetically advanced?? ;)
