Nose Clip

For a 50 back I can easily go 15m out and then turn and swim 15m underwater again, bringing my swimming grand total to 20 yards. I have trouble doing this on the 100, but I'm working on it. I love underwater SDK on my back that's the only reason I started swimming backstroke. If you want to be able to do 15 on every turn for a 100 or 200 start working on the lung capacity, do it in practice so you can do it in a meet! FlyQueen: This is exactly why I asked what distance was being swam when using the nose clips. You didn't say anything about using nose clips so I assume you swim 2/3 of the 50 back without them. I have seen a lot of people go the 15 meters but not exceed it. I have seen more do it in short course then in long course as you would expect. I have also seen more people do it longer in the 100 and 200's in short course as opposed to long course. The question becomes is this benefical to a masters swimmer racing in the 100 and 200 distances? Will the cost of oxgen swimming underwater affect the surface swimming when you need your speed, endurance, and technique to get you thru the races. It makes sense to go the limit underwater because its faster, but can an aging masters swimmer do this and not have other factors that hinder performance? When I was at the World meet this summer I saw very few people do this in the 200 meter backstroke on the 2nd and 3rd turns. For that matter on the 200 fly, I didn't see anybody go the maximum 15 meters on all three turns and I specifically watched for this. This tells me that as a masters swimmer, the cost of oxgen in a race is more important for your speed to bring home a race then doing underwater turns and submerging and going into oxgen bankruptcy and not having the speed or stamina to bring the race home. Of course this wouldn't apply to a lot of the elite Olympic swimmers because they can master this and have the lung capacity and not be in oxgen bankruptcy. I have never been able to do this very well in a long course 200 back because as I surface after the 100 and 150 turns I have no speed because I am trying to recover my oxgen from being underwater SDK for a prolonged time.

For a 50 back I can easily go 15m out and then turn and swim 15m underwater again, bringing my swimming grand total to 20 yards. I have trouble doing this on the 100, but I'm working on it. I love underwater SDK on my back that's the only reason I started swimming backstroke. If you want to be able to do 15 on every turn for a 100 or 200 start working on the lung capacity, do it in practice so you can do it in a meet! FlyQueen: This is exactly why I asked what distance was being swam when using the nose clips. You didn't say anything about using nose clips so I assume you swim 2/3 of the 50 back without them. I have seen a lot of people go the 15 meters but not exceed it. I have seen more do it in short course then in long course as you would expect. I have also seen more people do it longer in the 100 and 200's in short course as opposed to long course. The question becomes is this benefical to a masters swimmer racing in the 100 and 200 distances? Will the cost of oxgen swimming underwater affect the surface swimming when you need your speed, endurance, and technique to get you thru the races. It makes sense to go the limit underwater because its faster, but can an aging masters swimmer do this and not have other factors that hinder performance? When I was at the World meet this summer I saw very few people do this in the 200 meter backstroke on the 2nd and 3rd turns. For that matter on the 200 fly, I didn't see anybody go the maximum 15 meters on all three turns and I specifically watched for this. This tells me that as a masters swimmer, the cost of oxgen in a race is more important for your speed to bring home a race then doing underwater turns and submerging and going into oxgen bankruptcy and not having the speed or stamina to bring the race home. Of course this wouldn't apply to a lot of the elite Olympic swimmers because they can master this and have the lung capacity and not be in oxgen bankruptcy. I have never been able to do this very well in a long course 200 back because as I surface after the 100 and 150 turns I have no speed because I am trying to recover my oxgen from being underwater SDK for a prolonged time.