One topic of great interest to us all is
"What do you need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"
"What do you need to do to significantly improve your swimming times in the days and weeks left in THIS season?"
What I'm looking for are specific, nitty gritty type suggestions.
I think it's really easy to fall into a rut,
to just show up and go through the motions
rather than seizing the moment while we train.
Does anyone have any thoughts on
what we need to do to significantly improve?
I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss
Ande
So from this, when we do a performance regardless if we like or not, we say "we can't help it, its in the genetics." By the way Mr Goodsmith, do your kids swim? This would be an interesting experiement because of you and your wife's swimming backgrounds.
that helps, swimming favors particular body types
if your parents have that shape
it's likely you will too
For free, back, and fly it would be tall skinny yet strong and coordinated people with big hands and big floppy feet
also I think it helps to start early in life
get in a great program
also I think it helps to have siblings to compete with
mentally it helps if the person hates to lose and is willing to train hard for years to prevent it.
raz
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
Pick the right mother and father before you are born.
John Smith
here's my list
lift weights
lose weight ~ weigh 190 - 195
train further and faster, on harder intervals
for 30, 60 or 90 days
Train with a USS team
work on my streamline dolphin kick
do speed work
get a fast skin 2 hi neck suit
Originally posted by newmastersswimmer
Race in practice more ... as in teammates ...
originally posted by Keather (AKA Swimcest Master)
I like that response.....I'm ready to race Keather.....R U Going to Jackson TN anytime soon?
Newmastersswimmer
I race in meets, tomorrow (Sunday) is the third Sunday in a row I have a meet ... and you would kick butt ... in any event ...
goodsmith is part of the covert uss olympic swimmer breeding program, his wife tori swam backstroke in the 1988 olympics,
she's tall slim and talented. john is 6' 4 ish but I do recall he had small feet like size 10, john was 1:35ish in the 200 free, 43 or 44 in the 100 and one heck of a great quadrathlon swimmer
If their offspring
+ get in a good program
+ train hard and
+ master the underwater dolphin kick
they could be very impressive swimmers
ande
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
Well...... I was being facetious in my response, but you can not deny the importance of genetics. And to answer your question directly, Frank, "yes". If I was 22 and racing Micheal Phelps in the 200 fly or 400 IM and did my best times (when I lost and got pounded) .... I really don't think there would be anything wrong in admitting "genetic" defeat.
As for my own children. I have 3 and they all swim competitively (I make them swim to get away from the TV). I love to watch them race. My son had a sharp 50yd back a week ago and went a 32.6 . It was a breakthrough swim for him on several levels. He's a really big kid .... 10 years old, 5'7", 112 lbs. I was 88lbs at his age. Genetics..... it's a wild card in the end.
John Smith
