Ok we all agree a bad dive will ruin my SwimStud reputationand turn me into SwimTwit...so, do I have this right? I'm serious even though I am being humourous...it's been a quarter century folks...
1) They tell us when to get on the blocks ( I should not flex to the others right?)
2) "On your marks" toes can go over the edge.
3) "Get set" do the grab
3a) False start
4) "Go" Jump off half a beat behind b/c of worrying about another FS and DQ
5) Swim well
6) Smile at the finish whether I come in last or first in my heat.
Rich
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I used to do this on purpose sometimes when I was young. Har, har. Not allowed now.
Sure you want to do a grab start?
Here are two recent threads with clips to watch:
"track start clip" & "proper grab start"
Didn't Donna start a thread on "starting block starts" awhile ago? Poor thing, wasting away in the Honduras with no internet service ...
Those should help. I'm glad you're at a pool that actually lets you practice starts without kicking you out or making you sign a waiver. Definitely need to practice starts to blast off the blocks well. Hold on to your goggles. ;) Don't splash too much. Don't go too shallow so that you can get a nice underwater pull/dolphin kick. Work on breakouts. Don't get DQ'd. Definitely smile. It's masters.
I can't do trackstarts...it feels odd. I grab OK---it may not be the "grab" with the virtual hanging on...my hips just didn't like the trackstart. My dive isn't going to be the difference between Olympic gold and Silver so Ias long as I don't do anything wrong before I launch. I might go late and have the guard yell go if there's nobody about. I won't be radically changing anything stroke/dive at this point. I need to settle in to what I am going to do.
I'm just more worried about doing the wrong thing a the wrong time...LOL. I do go through the take marks -get set in my head and use the pace clock for the "go" hehe
I used to do this on purpose sometimes when I was young. Har, har. Not allowed now.
Sure you want to do a grab start?
Here are two recent threads with clips to watch:
"track start clip" & "proper grab start"
Didn't Donna start a thread on "starting block starts" awhile ago? Poor thing, wasting away in the Honduras with no internet service ...
Those should help. I'm glad you're at a pool that actually lets you practice starts without kicking you out or making you sign a waiver. Definitely need to practice starts to blast off the blocks well. Hold on to your goggles. ;) Don't splash too much. Don't go too shallow so that you can get a nice underwater pull/dolphin kick. Work on breakouts. Don't get DQ'd. Definitely smile. It's masters.
I can't do trackstarts...it feels odd. I grab OK---it may not be the "grab" with the virtual hanging on...my hips just didn't like the trackstart. My dive isn't going to be the difference between Olympic gold and Silver so Ias long as I don't do anything wrong before I launch. I might go late and have the guard yell go if there's nobody about. I won't be radically changing anything stroke/dive at this point. I need to settle in to what I am going to do.
I'm just more worried about doing the wrong thing a the wrong time...LOL. I do go through the take marks -get set in my head and use the pace clock for the "go" hehe
