There was some confusion over the previous poll "What is your favorite stroke?", as the word "favorite" can be interpreted many different ways. For example, someone may think it's his/her favorite because it's most graceful and likes to watch this stroke the most, but he/she may not necessarily swim this stroke.
So this is the new poll.
Please only select the stroke you PERSONALLY train and spend most time swimming (and thinking about).
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This may be the reality of masters swimming, because most other people will want to swim free, it's easier to swim longer distance, it's easier for the coach, triathletes in a masters program will want to do nothing but free, etc, etc, etc.
Still, it doesn't make sense to swim mostly free if your main stroke is something else. Why can't someone do short (100m) free for warmup and cooldown, the swim your main stroke the rest of the time, with of course different interval and distance goals.
Is lack of space the root of the problem (sharing one lane with others makes it very difficult to do anything else but free)? Or is it coaching of most masters programs?
I m currently not affiliated with any masters programs. I go at a time when there arent too many people. I almost never have share the lane with more than one person (and many times have the lane all to myself). I warm up with 100 free, slow breastsroke pull drillsand kick drills, then to full breaststroke. I don't go for miles and hours like many freestylers do, but I get to swim the stroke I like.
This may be the reality of masters swimming, because most other people will want to swim free, it's easier to swim longer distance, it's easier for the coach, triathletes in a masters program will want to do nothing but free, etc, etc, etc.
Still, it doesn't make sense to swim mostly free if your main stroke is something else. Why can't someone do short (100m) free for warmup and cooldown, the swim your main stroke the rest of the time, with of course different interval and distance goals.
Is lack of space the root of the problem (sharing one lane with others makes it very difficult to do anything else but free)? Or is it coaching of most masters programs?
I m currently not affiliated with any masters programs. I go at a time when there arent too many people. I almost never have share the lane with more than one person (and many times have the lane all to myself). I warm up with 100 free, slow breastsroke pull drillsand kick drills, then to full breaststroke. I don't go for miles and hours like many freestylers do, but I get to swim the stroke I like.
