I have been wondering about differences in pool lengths and competition issues between short course yards, and meters, and LCMs...
I train in a short course yard pool, but had my first meet in a 25 meter pool. I didn't notice too much of a difference, and it didn't bother me. I am interested in doing more meets, but there are only a couple of short course meets, and more long course meets in the area.
Is it suicide to train in a 25 yd pool then go to a long course 50 meter meet? has anyone done this before? I am interested in going for fun, and just to see the difference..
J.
Jeanette,
Last summer I trained as usual in a 25-yard pool, but before our long-course state meet, I found an outdoor LCM pool in town and trained in it just once for a small fee. I don't know if it provided me with anything other than a mental advantage, but it was fun to do and if you have a LCM pool in your area, I'd recommend it. You might also want to try swimming 125's or 225's in practice for time instead of 100's and 200's, to give you the feeling of racing a longer distance (although in the 100 that will be overshooting it a bit).
It's definitely not "suicide" to swim in an LCM pool after practicing in SCY...you'll get through it just fine. As a youth I always trained in SCY but performed best in LCM pools.
But I don't think I'll ever get rid of that feeling while swimming backstroke in a long-course pool..."WHERE are the flags? Did I miss them? Am I gonna hit the wall?!?"
Katherine
Jeanette,
Last summer I trained as usual in a 25-yard pool, but before our long-course state meet, I found an outdoor LCM pool in town and trained in it just once for a small fee. I don't know if it provided me with anything other than a mental advantage, but it was fun to do and if you have a LCM pool in your area, I'd recommend it. You might also want to try swimming 125's or 225's in practice for time instead of 100's and 200's, to give you the feeling of racing a longer distance (although in the 100 that will be overshooting it a bit).
It's definitely not "suicide" to swim in an LCM pool after practicing in SCY...you'll get through it just fine. As a youth I always trained in SCY but performed best in LCM pools.
But I don't think I'll ever get rid of that feeling while swimming backstroke in a long-course pool..."WHERE are the flags? Did I miss them? Am I gonna hit the wall?!?"
Katherine
