when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
George.....sorry to disagree.....but I really think that thru a lot of technique work you can and should dial in your catch to be successful in a 50/100....so the "thinking" part is done during practice until it becomes something that you are not thinking about during the race....its "natural".
Three years ago I had a chance to focus on the 50 for the first time in years, John had coerced Rowdy into going to nationals with us in an attempt to have a 35+ relay beat the national high school record (yes....he thinks of these things). Training with John & Rowdy I noticed that I had indeed gotten sloppy on my entry/catch.....and put 3 months into changing it.....and it worked....20.95 flat start and 20.5 relay split.....vs. 21.5 range the prior few years.
As for swimming longer distances....I also disagree...if you are creating turbulence and slipping when it can be reduced by technique corrections its going to have an even more pronounced effect on time improvement.
George.....sorry to disagree.....but I really think that thru a lot of technique work you can and should dial in your catch to be successful in a 50/100....so the "thinking" part is done during practice until it becomes something that you are not thinking about during the race....its "natural".
Three years ago I had a chance to focus on the 50 for the first time in years, John had coerced Rowdy into going to nationals with us in an attempt to have a 35+ relay beat the national high school record (yes....he thinks of these things). Training with John & Rowdy I noticed that I had indeed gotten sloppy on my entry/catch.....and put 3 months into changing it.....and it worked....20.95 flat start and 20.5 relay split.....vs. 21.5 range the prior few years.
As for swimming longer distances....I also disagree...if you are creating turbulence and slipping when it can be reduced by technique corrections its going to have an even more pronounced effect on time improvement.
