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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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?
I will often impose a stroke count on sets in practice.
exaples:
5 x 200 descend
#1 @ 12spl, #2 @ 13 spl, #3 @ 14 spl etc
5 x 200 build
1st 50 @ 12spl, 2nd 50 @ 13spl etc.
I don't often do sprints, but if I am doing a few dive start 25's, I will usually spin too fast on the first one, with each additional rep, I will try to hold or beat that time with fewer strokes until I can go no faster.
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?
I will often impose a stroke count on sets in practice.
exaples:
5 x 200 descend
#1 @ 12spl, #2 @ 13 spl, #3 @ 14 spl etc
5 x 200 build
1st 50 @ 12spl, 2nd 50 @ 13spl etc.
I don't often do sprints, but if I am doing a few dive start 25's, I will usually spin too fast on the first one, with each additional rep, I will try to hold or beat that time with fewer strokes until I can go no faster.
