Are Triathletes worth the dues they pay toward Masters Swimming?
I say we force all Triathletes to spend one day a week in the sprint lane, one day a week doing stroke (i.e. IM) work, and then make them focus on their starts and turns.
This invasion needs to be controlled.... :-)
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Originally posted by geochuck
We get faster just by swimming it really does not matter how many of the four strokes we swim if I get in the pool and swim dog paddle every day my crawl will get faster, not because of swimming dog paddle but because time in water adds to your swimming ability. As long as you swim dog paddle correctly and streamline your dog paddle.
That's simply just your opinion and not true at all.
Think of four strokes as cross training, if you will.
Benefits of cross training have been proven long time ago.
For example, fly and *** stroke (short axis strokes) will improve your core body strength much faster than just freestyle will, as it targes some of those muscles harder. In turn, that gained strenght helps you with freestyle. *** stroke and fly are also great for improving one;s sense of rythm, which is also imprtan in freestyle.
Backstroke, especially the drills will help people strengthen the small shoulder muscles and rotator cuff instability, also it will improve your long axis balance in water, and give you a better feel for leg flotation, which in turn also benefits your freestyle.
The list of mutual benefits goes on and on.
Saying that practicing all four strokes doesn't improve your freestyle too is doing a great deal of disservice to those who are trying to improve.
Originally posted by geochuck
We get faster just by swimming it really does not matter how many of the four strokes we swim if I get in the pool and swim dog paddle every day my crawl will get faster, not because of swimming dog paddle but because time in water adds to your swimming ability. As long as you swim dog paddle correctly and streamline your dog paddle.
That's simply just your opinion and not true at all.
Think of four strokes as cross training, if you will.
Benefits of cross training have been proven long time ago.
For example, fly and *** stroke (short axis strokes) will improve your core body strength much faster than just freestyle will, as it targes some of those muscles harder. In turn, that gained strenght helps you with freestyle. *** stroke and fly are also great for improving one;s sense of rythm, which is also imprtan in freestyle.
Backstroke, especially the drills will help people strengthen the small shoulder muscles and rotator cuff instability, also it will improve your long axis balance in water, and give you a better feel for leg flotation, which in turn also benefits your freestyle.
The list of mutual benefits goes on and on.
Saying that practicing all four strokes doesn't improve your freestyle too is doing a great deal of disservice to those who are trying to improve.
