I have been swimming a little over 3 years now and I swam the 50 free in a meet for the very first time today,(I went 24.38). I usually swim 100,200,500,1000 and some fly but never the 50. My mom videotaped the race with the camera she got for Christmas so I thought I'd share it. The first 10 sec. or so is the heat before mine. I'm in the heat right after that and I have a white cap on, I'm in the middle (lane 4) and I win my heat. This is a scy pool. I'd like to get my time under 23 so any tips on swimming the 50 free faster would be greatly appreciated. Here is the link. It may ask you do download a new flash player I had to do it but it only takes a sec.
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I don't download any new media players anymore so I'll give you some advice sight unseen.
I would suggest that to swim fast in a meet you need to swim fast in practice. According to your post it sounds like you tend to swim distance events so I would have to assume that your practices focus on them and not on the 50 or 100. Spend some more time in practice doing sprint work. Sets of sprint 25's or 50's. Read Ande's "Swimming Faster Faster" thread. It's long but I am quite certain you will find something of value in there.
I don't download any new media players anymore so I'll give you some advice sight unseen.
I would suggest that to swim fast in a meet you need to swim fast in practice. According to your post it sounds like you tend to swim distance events so I would have to assume that your practices focus on them and not on the 50 or 100. Spend some more time in practice doing sprint work. Sets of sprint 25's or 50's. Read Ande's "Swimming Faster Faster" thread. It's long but I am quite certain you will find something of value in there.
