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 think it's important to remember the real goal of these drills is to learn to swim more efficiently at higher speed NOT to get a lower score. The score is just there as a way to make sure that you are not sacrificing speed in order to lower your stroke count. The basic idea is to play around with your stroke to find ways to make it more efficient without making it slower. As Kirk says, slower with lower stroke count is still slower, the hope is that by playing with your stroke you will learn how to swim faster.
I think it's important to remember the real goal of these drills is to learn to swim more efficiently at higher speed NOT to get a lower score. The score is just there as a way to make sure that you are not sacrificing speed in order to lower your stroke count. The basic idea is to play around with your stroke to find ways to make it more efficient without making it slower. As Kirk says, slower with lower stroke count is still slower, the hope is that by playing with your stroke you will learn how to swim faster.
