I tried running through a few pages of search results, but didnt really find relevant results.
For the past few years i have been working very hard on stroke length in practice and have improved a ton in this area (can hit 14 pretty regularly and like 11 if i really focus on lengthening it out (5'10)), but when i get on the blocks and race the 50 or 100 i feel like a lot of that goes out the door and i fall back on only stroke rate.
Do you all have any advice on finding an "optimal" length/rate ratio? or any advice on how to control this urge?
I have been improving consistently, but i just feel that there are greater gains that i could be making.
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Just to clarify, are the 14 or 11 you hit in practice at race pace?
At the risk of being simplistic, practicing swimming your target SPL at your target race pace is probably the best way to make it happen in an actual race. Clearly you will have to do this for less than race distances and with adequate rest.
Just to clarify, are the 14 or 11 you hit in practice at race pace?
At the risk of being simplistic, practicing swimming your target SPL at your target race pace is probably the best way to make it happen in an actual race. Clearly you will have to do this for less than race distances and with adequate rest.
