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I have to say Rich that I am amazed that you were able to swim a 35 with that start and turn. The good news is that you can drop seconds off of your 50 time by doing nothing more than improving your start and turn! (IMO only perhaps?) I can't swim breaststroke worth a lick....but the one thing I can do "fairly decently" is a decent underwater pullout on the start and turn. I know you said you deliberately shortened your underwater pullout for that race....but IMO (which probably aint worth much I admit) ...I think you should try for about 12 - 14 yards underwater off the start and then another 10-12 yards underwater off the turn (even for a 50)....you can also throw a little dolphin kick in there before the breaststroke kick on the pullout as well. Do you spend a lot of time working on underwater pullouts by chance? ...underwater streamlining and such? I will be interested to see how much time you can drop after you fix the start and turn thing....you might be really suprised. Good Luck Rich. Cheerio Richie Boy, Newmastersswimmer BTW For some reason I only read the first page of this thread and thought I had read all of the postings here before I posted my comments.....Now when I go back and read pages 2 and 3 of the thread I can see that my observations have already been addressed by other swimmers with far far more expertise than me....sorry about that Richie old chap!

I have to say Rich that I am amazed that you were able to swim a 35 with that start and turn. The good news is that you can drop seconds off of your 50 time by doing nothing more than improving your start and turn! (IMO only perhaps?) I can't swim breaststroke worth a lick....but the one thing I can do "fairly decently" is a decent underwater pullout on the start and turn. I know you said you deliberately shortened your underwater pullout for that race....but IMO (which probably aint worth much I admit) ...I think you should try for about 12 - 14 yards underwater off the start and then another 10-12 yards underwater off the turn (even for a 50)....you can also throw a little dolphin kick in there before the breaststroke kick on the pullout as well. Do you spend a lot of time working on underwater pullouts by chance? ...underwater streamlining and such? I will be interested to see how much time you can drop after you fix the start and turn thing....you might be really suprised. Good Luck Rich. Cheerio Richie Boy, Newmastersswimmer BTW For some reason I only read the first page of this thread and thought I had read all of the postings here before I posted my comments.....Now when I go back and read pages 2 and 3 of the thread I can see that my observations have already been addressed by other swimmers with far far more expertise than me....sorry about that Richie old chap!