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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Ad to the fact the swim wear of 1930s weighed a ton they were made of wool. My coach had great stories about Johnny W from the Olympics he competed in. He said Johnny pulled his arms through the water almost even with his shoulders not down the center, had very flat shoulder postion, no roll.
My coach also said the 1932 mens USA swim team were all tall but the little Japanese swimmers showed everyone that you do not have to be tall he was 5"3". He had me pull don the center as he said all your strength is in the center, he used to say mountain climbers used one rope to help them climb, he also had me pulling close to the body with my hands saying you have to swim like a mountain climber.
Ad to the fact the swim wear of 1930s weighed a ton they were made of wool. My coach had great stories about Johnny W from the Olympics he competed in. He said Johnny pulled his arms through the water almost even with his shoulders not down the center, had very flat shoulder postion, no roll.
My coach also said the 1932 mens USA swim team were all tall but the little Japanese swimmers showed everyone that you do not have to be tall he was 5"3". He had me pull don the center as he said all your strength is in the center, he used to say mountain climbers used one rope to help them climb, he also had me pulling close to the body with my hands saying you have to swim like a mountain climber.
