What do YOU need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"
I started this thread over in the work outs section which I think doesn't get as much traffic as the general discussion board
so here's the link
forums.usms.org/showthread.php
but my point is,
No matter what, the time between right now and your focus meet is going to pass, and the things you do to prepare for your meet is of the UTMOST importance.
the choices you make
the chances you take
swim hard in practice
rehearse racing
I want to read your story about your breakthrough.
Decide it starts today
that this season will be your best season EVER
What do you need to do to make this true?
Ande
congratulations
that's awesome
keep working on SDKs, you have up to 15 meters on each length,
some swimmers can SDK faster than they can swim fly and or back
if you get really great at it you could take 10 - 15 kicks per length
ande
Poolraat: One second in a 50 is huge!! Good job!!
Ande:
I'm sorry your relay team didn't get the record. But it looked like you really swam well in all your events! I hope you got mega kudos for coming back early and putting in the family time.
I think I had an unintentional breakthrough swim this weekend. I haven't been training well lately due to an injury, but I went to a swim meet for fun and experience this weekend, swimming very few events. I guess I was sort of "tapered" since my training has been minimized the last month, but I hadn't done enough sprinting, etc. either.
Anyway, I swam the 50 fly SCM. Never swam it before. Because my shoulder was cranky, I doubled my underwater SDKs and really focused on cranking my start and turns. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Thought I would go much slower. I will PM you with the times. But, suffice to say, simply focusing on SDKs made a huge difference! I'm definitely going to do this more in the future.
congratulations
that's awesome
keep working on SDKs, you have up to 15 meters on each length,
some swimmers can SDK faster than they can swim fly and or back
if you get really great at it you could take 10 - 15 kicks per length
ande
Poolraat: One second in a 50 is huge!! Good job!!
Ande:
I'm sorry your relay team didn't get the record. But it looked like you really swam well in all your events! I hope you got mega kudos for coming back early and putting in the family time.
I think I had an unintentional breakthrough swim this weekend. I haven't been training well lately due to an injury, but I went to a swim meet for fun and experience this weekend, swimming very few events. I guess I was sort of "tapered" since my training has been minimized the last month, but I hadn't done enough sprinting, etc. either.
Anyway, I swam the 50 fly SCM. Never swam it before. Because my shoulder was cranky, I doubled my underwater SDKs and really focused on cranking my start and turns. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Thought I would go much slower. I will PM you with the times. But, suffice to say, simply focusing on SDKs made a huge difference! I'm definitely going to do this more in the future.
