Hi. I'm a 15 year old boy working on swimming in the Provincial High School meet next year and will be participating in the 50m SC *** hopefully. I did horribly this year, with a 41.05. Anyways, the swimming season of my high school is now officially over =(. But I'm starting to train on my own. Does anyone have any good workout or sets they like to share? As well as tips? I'm working on getting my time to below 35s. Yeah, it's very difficult, but I'll try.
Naturally, I went to Wayne's site for ideas first. His workout article was superb, but it doesn't seem to focus on sprint breaststroke all that much.
So if anyone can share any good workouts I'll be able to do (I swim in a 30m pool normally), or any good sets, drills. etc to improve my 50m sprint ***, please post them here. Interval sets, etc.. Also, any dryland exercises are also welcome.
Thanks a lot!
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Alright! Thanks for the responses!
Well, I've been doing everything I can do today. Did backwards all out eggbeater. Does that help a lot with the *** kick?
I've noticed that sometimes my hands will grab too much air and slip. Must improve that. Also, I think I'm having a major glitch in my stroke. When I'm going all out, sometimes my thumbs can touch my forehead during recovery! (thumbs are perpendicular to hands during this)! Once my wild thumbs knocked my goggles right off. Is this a common error? I've been watching Warneke swim slow motion and it seems that his recovery is different from, say, Hansen and Kitajima's and his hands are coming close to his head too. Also his undulation is far greater than theirs too - you can see his butt coming out of the water like in fly.
I can't seem to grab onto the water well for my kicks. I can't really see the tiles go by me fast unless I'm having a wide kick, which I know can create the illusion of fast but is actually overall slower. What can I do to improve my kick? I already know the kick on back drill. Any other suggestions?
Any good workouts and intervals like, say, 10x25 on 1min or things like that? Is that good? I'm obviously not a coach, and our coach has left the school and I won't get another coach till next year.
What are some pointers to get a better underwater pullout? I feel that's a weak aspect of my stroke too. I can't get very far without gliding a lot - so much that I spend about 10 seconds underwater with slow speed just to get to the 10m mark.
Any dryland exercises? People told me not to randomly do weights, but are pushups and situps alright? What about squats? And any ankle flexibility drills?
Oh yea, any tips, suggestions, workouts, drills, dryland exercises, and everything to help me improve my breaststroke is welcome!!
Alright! Thanks for the responses!
Well, I've been doing everything I can do today. Did backwards all out eggbeater. Does that help a lot with the *** kick?
I've noticed that sometimes my hands will grab too much air and slip. Must improve that. Also, I think I'm having a major glitch in my stroke. When I'm going all out, sometimes my thumbs can touch my forehead during recovery! (thumbs are perpendicular to hands during this)! Once my wild thumbs knocked my goggles right off. Is this a common error? I've been watching Warneke swim slow motion and it seems that his recovery is different from, say, Hansen and Kitajima's and his hands are coming close to his head too. Also his undulation is far greater than theirs too - you can see his butt coming out of the water like in fly.
I can't seem to grab onto the water well for my kicks. I can't really see the tiles go by me fast unless I'm having a wide kick, which I know can create the illusion of fast but is actually overall slower. What can I do to improve my kick? I already know the kick on back drill. Any other suggestions?
Any good workouts and intervals like, say, 10x25 on 1min or things like that? Is that good? I'm obviously not a coach, and our coach has left the school and I won't get another coach till next year.
What are some pointers to get a better underwater pullout? I feel that's a weak aspect of my stroke too. I can't get very far without gliding a lot - so much that I spend about 10 seconds underwater with slow speed just to get to the 10m mark.
Any dryland exercises? People told me not to randomly do weights, but are pushups and situps alright? What about squats? And any ankle flexibility drills?
Oh yea, any tips, suggestions, workouts, drills, dryland exercises, and everything to help me improve my breaststroke is welcome!!
