I hate to bring up stroke count again.
What is your Timed Swim Stroke Count for front crawl.
SCM 50 or SCY 50 Push off start (no swimming under water for half the pool)
Commonly called golfing or swolf, I call it TSSC score.
My score at the moment 62 for 50 SCM.
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I'm not a pool swimmer, but I swim more for triathlons, and it would matter as the length of the swim increases, as it will be more efficient and energy saving. Think of a 2.4 mile swim (ironman) doing 50 strokes per 50m as opposed to 25 strokes per 50m. The times may be the same, but I guarantee the guy who swam the 50 strokes per 50m would be way more tired for the bike and run disciplines that follow.
I would think in shorter races it wouldn't matter.
Originally posted by knelson
We do it quite a bit as a short warmup set, but I have to say I think it's a little flawed. The idea is to get the lowest combined score, but really the only thing that matters in swimming is the time. If someone can swim a 19 second 50 free, but it takes him 50 strokes, why is that worse than swimming a 19 second 50 free in 25 strokes?
I'm not a pool swimmer, but I swim more for triathlons, and it would matter as the length of the swim increases, as it will be more efficient and energy saving. Think of a 2.4 mile swim (ironman) doing 50 strokes per 50m as opposed to 25 strokes per 50m. The times may be the same, but I guarantee the guy who swam the 50 strokes per 50m would be way more tired for the bike and run disciplines that follow.
I would think in shorter races it wouldn't matter.
Originally posted by knelson
We do it quite a bit as a short warmup set, but I have to say I think it's a little flawed. The idea is to get the lowest combined score, but really the only thing that matters in swimming is the time. If someone can swim a 19 second 50 free, but it takes him 50 strokes, why is that worse than swimming a 19 second 50 free in 25 strokes?
