How many yards a practice do you swim?

Connie: You can do swimming times like golf. The idea is supported by both Total Immersion on page 107 of there book and by Emmett Hines on page 27 of his book Fitness Swimming. Swimming golf is more a test of technical abilty than conditioning, and you can use it as a benchmark to indicate technique improvement over time. What you do is count your strokes for a 50 swim and add your time for doing it. That total is your score. Do this many times and you can get an average score and that will be your working par. Better swimmers get lower stroke counts and fewer seconds than less accomplished swimmers. Clever types can also figure a way to cheat by gliding or kicking after push off more than they usually do. TI says always lower your score by reducing stroke count first and later by trying to swim faster. "Remember, speed equals stroke rate (SR) multiplied by stroke length (SL) and just about everyone has enough SR. It's your SL that needs work. Your golf score will be an unerring measure of how well you're using SL to create speed".

Connie: You can do swimming times like golf. The idea is supported by both Total Immersion on page 107 of there book and by Emmett Hines on page 27 of his book Fitness Swimming. Swimming golf is more a test of technical abilty than conditioning, and you can use it as a benchmark to indicate technique improvement over time. What you do is count your strokes for a 50 swim and add your time for doing it. That total is your score. Do this many times and you can get an average score and that will be your working par. Better swimmers get lower stroke counts and fewer seconds than less accomplished swimmers. Clever types can also figure a way to cheat by gliding or kicking after push off more than they usually do. TI says always lower your score by reducing stroke count first and later by trying to swim faster. "Remember, speed equals stroke rate (SR) multiplied by stroke length (SL) and just about everyone has enough SR. It's your SL that needs work. Your golf score will be an unerring measure of how well you're using SL to create speed".