I noticed that when I time myself at a work-out going at a sprint pace I improve my time by a little bit after every such try done back to back with good rest in between, so I was wondering(since I never competed yet) if you try to warm up with a couple of sample race-pace swims right before the competition(i.e. a few minutes before it) so that then you know what time you want to beat and how much faster you want to go.Or would that be a bad idea since obviously you can excess with too much of race-pace swims and be a little tired for a competition swim?
My guess is that would help for 50 and 100 but not more than that?How do you do it?
P.S. I am still braving up for my first meet, so sorry if some of the questions are stupid or too obvious ...
Originally posted by EyeoreSAM
My best event for me was always the 200 back. I used to do some long free swimming and drilling in warm up and then my coach would have me do a few pace 50's to make sure I knew what the correct pace felt like that day and then a little more long easy free followed by some starts and turns.
i'm also a 200 backstroker (and strangely enough, also a 100 freestyler...) but for the meets that i'm concentrating on my 200 back, i warm up the same way as eyeore.
however, i have teammates that need to use the whole hour warmup period to feel ready to race, and i have other teammates who refuse to do more than 500 yards before they swim. some like to do lots of kicking, others don't do any at all (i personally do at least 200 yards of it...)
so it really is a question of how you feel. there's no right or wrong answer- what is right for one person can be totally wrong for another...
Originally posted by EyeoreSAM
My best event for me was always the 200 back. I used to do some long free swimming and drilling in warm up and then my coach would have me do a few pace 50's to make sure I knew what the correct pace felt like that day and then a little more long easy free followed by some starts and turns.
i'm also a 200 backstroker (and strangely enough, also a 100 freestyler...) but for the meets that i'm concentrating on my 200 back, i warm up the same way as eyeore.
however, i have teammates that need to use the whole hour warmup period to feel ready to race, and i have other teammates who refuse to do more than 500 yards before they swim. some like to do lots of kicking, others don't do any at all (i personally do at least 200 yards of it...)
so it really is a question of how you feel. there's no right or wrong answer- what is right for one person can be totally wrong for another...
