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?
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thats a cross over turns, its in IM going from back to ***. The rule says you have to touch the wall then flip but not go past verticle which I don't even know what means. I would not sugest it but if your good at it, it is alot faster than a touching and turning around.
You can be slightly on your side, but not to 90 degrees. Meaning you still need to be mostly on your back. If you rotate completely onto your side you will be dq'd. I suggest a simple back to *** open turn for now. Touch on your back!!!!! I flip but I wouldn't recommend it unless A- you are already good at flip turns, B-you can do a back flip in the middle of the pool, and C - you have great lung capacity because it take good lung capacity.
Go out hard on fly and back, you'll be fine on *** and keep your head down and go like a bat out of hell on the free. I have a pitiful 100IM because my breaststroke eats up a 1/3 of my time ... maybe more ... :dunno:
All the sets mentioned are great. Make sure you do 25s from the middle of the pool focusing on the turns, too. GOOD LUCK! :D
youtube.com/watch
thats a cross over turns, its in IM going from back to ***. The rule says you have to touch the wall then flip but not go past verticle which I don't even know what means. I would not sugest it but if your good at it, it is alot faster than a touching and turning around.
You can be slightly on your side, but not to 90 degrees. Meaning you still need to be mostly on your back. If you rotate completely onto your side you will be dq'd. I suggest a simple back to *** open turn for now. Touch on your back!!!!! I flip but I wouldn't recommend it unless A- you are already good at flip turns, B-you can do a back flip in the middle of the pool, and C - you have great lung capacity because it take good lung capacity.
Go out hard on fly and back, you'll be fine on *** and keep your head down and go like a bat out of hell on the free. I have a pitiful 100IM because my breaststroke eats up a 1/3 of my time ... maybe more ... :dunno:
All the sets mentioned are great. Make sure you do 25s from the middle of the pool focusing on the turns, too. GOOD LUCK! :D
