Having kept swimming daily for almost one year and done some interval sets during the past 2 weeks, my cruise time is about 23-24 seconds per 25 yards. My goal is to refuce my cruise time to 20 seconds per 25 yards. I don't know if I can reach that goal or not.
I feel my techniche is not perfect, but pretty ok. I have poor kick, but kick is the hardest to improve. Maybe I can improve my condition, but how much I can improve? Will swimming condition make so much difference that I can reduce my cruise time from 23 seconds per 25 yards to 20 seconds? Or maybe 20 seconds per 25 yards is totally out of reach for some people whatever they try?
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by fireguard
I visited a local coach several weeks ago. She said I shouldn't expect a break through on my techniche because there are only small mistakes i need to work on. But she also said my goal is not out of reach.
Having a qualified coach look at your technique is certainly a good way to start, since stroke inefficiencies can sap your energy very quickly.
A time-honored training technique for distance swimming is to break the distance down into a set of shorter intervals that you can do at a faster speed and to rest long enough between each interval that you can do the next one at the same speed with the same perfect stroke technique. Then gradually cut out the rest periods.
Bob
Originally posted by fireguard
I visited a local coach several weeks ago. She said I shouldn't expect a break through on my techniche because there are only small mistakes i need to work on. But she also said my goal is not out of reach.
Having a qualified coach look at your technique is certainly a good way to start, since stroke inefficiencies can sap your energy very quickly.
A time-honored training technique for distance swimming is to break the distance down into a set of shorter intervals that you can do at a faster speed and to rest long enough between each interval that you can do the next one at the same speed with the same perfect stroke technique. Then gradually cut out the rest periods.
Bob
