Just an update on my improvement after taking up swimming a year and half ago. These are my times for the SCY meets I've done:
DATE 50 100 200
4//2/06 30.28 1:10.24 -
4/30/06 28.70 1:08.76 2:56.98
1/21/07 26.45 1:04.00 2:31.39
I have a meet in March where the 100 is the first event, so I will try real hard to get under a minute. That is my goal and it will be tough. At the most recent meet, the 100 was last and I was tired from the 200 and 50. I also need to get more proficient at turns.
I just hope I can maintain a good progression. I remember from running, it took about three years of very hard work for my times to start leveling off. I figure if it holds for swimming I have another 18 months before imrovements start to slow down.
I'm so glad I discovered swimming. It has gotten me past my retirement from running. I initially did not like swimming too much, but it is growing on me. This forum has helped alot.
...the good swimmers are getting streamlined before their feet even touch the wall. Their pushoff almost seems instantaneous and fluid. It is a very athletic skill and I'm just not good at it yet.
Learning to flip takes time and practice. When I was first learning, I never knew how it was going to end. It took about a year before I was consistantly hitting the same spot on the wall and pushing off with the same orientation. After that, I bagan to work on getting into a streamline as quickly as possible and now (after about 3 years) have developed a turn similiar to what you describe.
...the good swimmers are getting streamlined before their feet even touch the wall. Their pushoff almost seems instantaneous and fluid. It is a very athletic skill and I'm just not good at it yet.
Learning to flip takes time and practice. When I was first learning, I never knew how it was going to end. It took about a year before I was consistantly hitting the same spot on the wall and pushing off with the same orientation. After that, I bagan to work on getting into a streamline as quickly as possible and now (after about 3 years) have developed a turn similiar to what you describe.
