I've been on a swim team for a month and have been to three swim meets and have come in third place in all of my events. I need help with improving my time and speed. Also, I need help with the flipturn. I also have started training for nationals next year. I run 3 miles a day and train in the gym and I go to a physical therapists as I have had to have 2 neck surgers in the past 3 yrs. I'm loving swimming and, I get so excied when it comes time to compete. If any of yall have advice or training advice for me I would appreciate it. I do have a coach I work with 4 times a week.
Sincerely, Swimminggirl
My coach says my time needs alot of work. I can't remember what our workout conists of. She says my flipturn needs work. My time for the 200 free at my most recent meet was 2:38. My 50 free was 1:00min. flat. I was looking at the qualifying times for the nationals talk about intimidating!
Sincerely, Swimminggirl I have training tomorrow, I will copy my workout on here tomorrow night.
These times don't jive, and I think you must be wrong about your 50. If you go 1:00 on your 50, than your 200 would be 4:00, so you can go much faster on your 50, because you are doing it in your 200.
One on one coaching will help, but just getting in the water more will help. You talk about the running quite a bit here, and running is good crosstraining, but nothing substitutes getting faster than getting in the water and working it.
For me, learning as an adult, the swimming came in pieces. I would work on a piece, perfect it as much as I could, then work on the next, and so forth. Flip turns were about the middle, fly was one of the last things. When I did my first meet, I did all open turns and worked hard on making it a really fast open turn and good fast streamline off the wall. This was actually faster for me than flip turns, and remained that way for awhile. Then in practice I kept working on the flip turns. Down the road I went to a meet and signed up for the 1000 yard swim. Part of the challenge to myself on the swim was to do all flip turns and not open any of them up. I did and accomplished my goal time, so I knew my turns were getting better.
I have also taken start and turn clinics which were very helpful. I took them with the age group kids, which is a bit odd, but for you, it would not be, as you are young.
My coach says my time needs alot of work. I can't remember what our workout conists of. She says my flipturn needs work. My time for the 200 free at my most recent meet was 2:38. My 50 free was 1:00min. flat. I was looking at the qualifying times for the nationals talk about intimidating!
Sincerely, Swimminggirl I have training tomorrow, I will copy my workout on here tomorrow night.
These times don't jive, and I think you must be wrong about your 50. If you go 1:00 on your 50, than your 200 would be 4:00, so you can go much faster on your 50, because you are doing it in your 200.
One on one coaching will help, but just getting in the water more will help. You talk about the running quite a bit here, and running is good crosstraining, but nothing substitutes getting faster than getting in the water and working it.
For me, learning as an adult, the swimming came in pieces. I would work on a piece, perfect it as much as I could, then work on the next, and so forth. Flip turns were about the middle, fly was one of the last things. When I did my first meet, I did all open turns and worked hard on making it a really fast open turn and good fast streamline off the wall. This was actually faster for me than flip turns, and remained that way for awhile. Then in practice I kept working on the flip turns. Down the road I went to a meet and signed up for the 1000 yard swim. Part of the challenge to myself on the swim was to do all flip turns and not open any of them up. I did and accomplished my goal time, so I knew my turns were getting better.
I have also taken start and turn clinics which were very helpful. I took them with the age group kids, which is a bit odd, but for you, it would not be, as you are young.
