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?
Evil One,
I swam the 200 IM very recently if you will remember. It was Long Course meters and it sucked ! I have no interest in doing that again, and if you remember, I almost didn't get on the blocks the day I did swim it.
The 100IM is NOT a build race by any means. It is 4 nuclear war head blast 25s put end-on-end. There is no time to think......no time for strategy and perfect stroke technique. You are either in the race after fly or you are out of the race.... period. Rule 1.).... you MUST be in the lead after backstroke ! Note, the beauty of the 100IM is that breastrokers don't have as much time to catch up given the actual number of strokes taken after the pull out.... and note, breastrokers CAN be beaten on pull-outs by non breastrokers.
Rule 2.) The secret to a great 100 IM is ......... The Fly-to-Back turn. You have to nail it! Stay super tight.... put one foot over the other foot when bringing your legs up under your body to create less drag.....drop down on your side deep and quick..... push off rotating on your back with super strong and fast underwater dolphins to crush your 7 foot sasquatch opponents in the lane next to you.
Think "controlled bizerk". Never lose the lead and swim it like 4 X 25s... not a 100.
John Smith
Couldn't agree more. If you're not in the lead after backstroke, it's all over but the cryin.' John: You forgot the caffeine part ... as long as we're discussing un-Mindful bizerk races.
But I think I might need to work on my fly/back turn some more after reading that.
Evil One,
I swam the 200 IM very recently if you will remember. It was Long Course meters and it sucked ! I have no interest in doing that again, and if you remember, I almost didn't get on the blocks the day I did swim it.
The 100IM is NOT a build race by any means. It is 4 nuclear war head blast 25s put end-on-end. There is no time to think......no time for strategy and perfect stroke technique. You are either in the race after fly or you are out of the race.... period. Rule 1.).... you MUST be in the lead after backstroke ! Note, the beauty of the 100IM is that breastrokers don't have as much time to catch up given the actual number of strokes taken after the pull out.... and note, breastrokers CAN be beaten on pull-outs by non breastrokers.
Rule 2.) The secret to a great 100 IM is ......... The Fly-to-Back turn. You have to nail it! Stay super tight.... put one foot over the other foot when bringing your legs up under your body to create less drag.....drop down on your side deep and quick..... push off rotating on your back with super strong and fast underwater dolphins to crush your 7 foot sasquatch opponents in the lane next to you.
Think "controlled bizerk". Never lose the lead and swim it like 4 X 25s... not a 100.
John Smith
Couldn't agree more. If you're not in the lead after backstroke, it's all over but the cryin.' John: You forgot the caffeine part ... as long as we're discussing un-Mindful bizerk races.
But I think I might need to work on my fly/back turn some more after reading that.
