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
Former Member
I do 25's underwater fly kick on my back, not on my stomach.
As far as getting water up your nose I also can scrunch my top lip to cover my nose.
Whoa Ande! What's with the rehashing old threads?;)
Since I posted this thread all those many months ago, I've found a pretty good rythm to my backstroke. It's getting better slowly but surely, and I'm sure after this summer it will be even better.
Good Luck Jeanette with your breathing. You'll get it in no time!
i just wandered into the hinter lands of "general discussions" looking for threads I wanted to comment on
I'm sure there's several people here who want to improve their backstroke
ande
Originally posted by Seagurl51
Whoa Ande! What's with the rehashing old threads?;)
Since I posted this thread all those many months ago, I've found a pretty good rythm to my backstroke. It's getting better slowly but surely, and I'm sure after this summer it will be even better.
Good Luck Jeanette with your breathing. You'll get it in no time!
Originally posted by ande
I've heard of swimmers pumping air into their intestines before a big race. eww
Actually, the East Germans tried this in the 70's and gave up on it as it provided relatively little floatation and lots of cramping/bloating/discomfort.
-LBJ
Originally posted by Leonard Jansen
Actually, the East Germans tried this in the 70's and gave up on it as it provided relatively little floatation and lots of cramping/bloating/discomfort.
-LBJ
Weren't the East Germans pumping everything and anything into their body around that time? Not just swimmers ....
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
Like a kissy/fish face kind of a thing? So you are really puffing out your lips?
I roll my top lip up to under my nose. I think I must have learned it when I was really little b/c I have always done it.
I don't need to improve my backstroke, it's perfect!
haha ... not really, anyone that has seen me swim backstroke will tell you it's far from perfect ... stupid backstroke! ;)
Unfortunately I don't know who wrote this, I belive it has been posted before ... here's the backstroke part (they do all four strokes)
BACKSTROKE
We have many questions to ask of the world's backstrokers. First, what is the matter with you? That's right, you heard us. What is your problem? Do you not realize that you are upside down? Does light not shine in your sinister eyes? Are you reptiles with a second pair of eyelids, opaque in nature, that protect you from the sun's rays? Speaking of eyes, what about the ones in the backs of your heads, allowing you to spot the wall? Is it true that you can see through Speedos? And what of your start...crouched in front of the blocks as if praying to your "god." Who sent you to Earth? What have you done with Elvis? And why, when you grab at our private parts in practice, do you pretend that it is an accident?
