I'm looking to gain more knowledge about sprint freestyle swimming. As an long retired distance freestyler I don't have a great deal of personal knowledge of how to swim the 50 or 100 freestyle. I've coached many sprint freestylers and I know that many of the best sprinters have what I would say an amazing strategy to their sprint swims. I am currently giving private lessons to many age groupers and high school swimmers and I've been explaining to them that some of the best sprinters in the world swim their 50 or 100 with more strategy than just the plain old thought of swimming "FAST".
I would very much appreciate any of you sprinters out there who would like to share your strategies for swimming these two events. I would love to be able to pass on some of this information, but I think many of us in the masters community could learn from some of you as well. I look forward to seeing some of the responses. Maybe I will try sprinting one day (LOL):rofl: .
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;) Sprinting is one of my favorite topics. Most coaches believe that without an accomplished Early Vertical Forearm position, all the kicking, streamlining, and other technical nuances (important as they maybe) are window dressings compared to this vital skill. The analogy of a surfer on a board, who paddles out to a wave, is forces to use a vertical forearm position as their forearms hang over the edge of their surfboard. This is not a simplification but a very good description of the forearm position swimmer's need to effectively propel themselves through the water.
A great article called "The Common Threads of Successful Swimming Techniques", by Marshall Adams, talks about the "sweet spot" created by core shoulder adductors. This sweet spot is the optimum leveraging of water caused when the forearm is put in an effective EVF position.
It's never too early or too late, and there isn't a person too elite or too novice, that can't improve speed when they improve this front-quadrant swimming skill. As each month progresses, more and more information will be shed on how to improve your speed by improving your EVF. Good luck
;) Sprinting is one of my favorite topics. Most coaches believe that without an accomplished Early Vertical Forearm position, all the kicking, streamlining, and other technical nuances (important as they maybe) are window dressings compared to this vital skill. The analogy of a surfer on a board, who paddles out to a wave, is forces to use a vertical forearm position as their forearms hang over the edge of their surfboard. This is not a simplification but a very good description of the forearm position swimmer's need to effectively propel themselves through the water.
A great article called "The Common Threads of Successful Swimming Techniques", by Marshall Adams, talks about the "sweet spot" created by core shoulder adductors. This sweet spot is the optimum leveraging of water caused when the forearm is put in an effective EVF position.
It's never too early or too late, and there isn't a person too elite or too novice, that can't improve speed when they improve this front-quadrant swimming skill. As each month progresses, more and more information will be shed on how to improve your speed by improving your EVF. Good luck
