I'm not too worried about the turning aspects...just a little unsure of what to do at the backstroke to *** turn.
Also any good workouts for this?
I'm doing 900 free for warm up (0-1650 in 6 weeks) then trey to do another 1500 per workout.
I've obviously been hitting *** but want to get some fly and back work in as well as turns--obviously I can always go to the wall and touch then turn but that's inefficient.
Is doing a 100 IM then hitting sets of 50 of fly and back or what? I've ordered a couple of books for reference and they should get here shortly.
Any thoughts or articles?
I should have mentioned that I do LOVE the 100 IM! It is such a fun event... even though I'm really not that quick at it...
Here's another good set for working on your IM turns:
2-turn 50's
Start at the middle of the pool and finish in the middle of the pool (thus doing 2 turns per 50. I do these the same way as the continuous IM set... start with 1/2 lap fly, 1 lap back, 1/2 lap ***. Then 1/2 lap free, 1 lap fly, etc. For the free to fly transition, I just do an open turn then work the streamline and underwater kick. The beauty of the 100 IM is that fly is first, and it's only 1 length, so with a good start and kick, you can avoid swimming much of the length!!
We use this set for all freestyle at taper time, too. When you're inside the flags, you sprint... when you're outside the flags, it is SLOW and easy...
Note: I use 'lap' and 'length' interchangeably. Sorry for the confusion.
I should have mentioned that I do LOVE the 100 IM! It is such a fun event... even though I'm really not that quick at it...
Here's another good set for working on your IM turns:
2-turn 50's
Start at the middle of the pool and finish in the middle of the pool (thus doing 2 turns per 50. I do these the same way as the continuous IM set... start with 1/2 lap fly, 1 lap back, 1/2 lap ***. Then 1/2 lap free, 1 lap fly, etc. For the free to fly transition, I just do an open turn then work the streamline and underwater kick. The beauty of the 100 IM is that fly is first, and it's only 1 length, so with a good start and kick, you can avoid swimming much of the length!!
We use this set for all freestyle at taper time, too. When you're inside the flags, you sprint... when you're outside the flags, it is SLOW and easy...
Note: I use 'lap' and 'length' interchangeably. Sorry for the confusion.