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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Scott- as you know, sometimes when people increase their stroke rate suddenly they 'spin their wheels'. One little mental device I have used to manage this problem is just before doing a 'guts out' or quality sprint in workout I do a few 25's with fists clenched, high turnover. For whatever kinesthetic reason, when I then sprint with normal hand position, my hands bite the water & stroke doesn't fall apart under a higher rate.
Scott- as you know, sometimes when people increase their stroke rate suddenly they 'spin their wheels'. One little mental device I have used to manage this problem is just before doing a 'guts out' or quality sprint in workout I do a few 25's with fists clenched, high turnover. For whatever kinesthetic reason, when I then sprint with normal hand position, my hands bite the water & stroke doesn't fall apart under a higher rate.
