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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Warren you literally made me laugh out loud in the office. I do like your style as well, but i do wish to make sure im being as efficient as possible.
Thanks for the good response.
I have been trying to do sets where i try and incorporate DPS + Sprint. i.e. 100's holding 13 strokes per length trying to hold a set pace.
Thanks for that set paul. Its something that i've never done and it looks like a good way to get me feeling a lot of different things and find a balance.
Zirconium thanks for the links gives me more resources to look at.
Basically one of my faster 100s in practice was like 57-58 seconds (from a push) and my stroke counts were 13,14,16,15 by 25.
Do you guys find that your race stroke counts are significantly higher then your fastest practice counts?
Warren you literally made me laugh out loud in the office. I do like your style as well, but i do wish to make sure im being as efficient as possible.
Thanks for the good response.
I have been trying to do sets where i try and incorporate DPS + Sprint. i.e. 100's holding 13 strokes per length trying to hold a set pace.
Thanks for that set paul. Its something that i've never done and it looks like a good way to get me feeling a lot of different things and find a balance.
Zirconium thanks for the links gives me more resources to look at.
Basically one of my faster 100s in practice was like 57-58 seconds (from a push) and my stroke counts were 13,14,16,15 by 25.
Do you guys find that your race stroke counts are significantly higher then your fastest practice counts?
