Just wondering what folks are working on in their training or to prepare for meets this upcoming SCY season. I'm always interested in what people are doing and why.
For me, in an ideal world, I intend to work on:
improving my SDKs off turns
improving my free and *** technique
doing more strength and core work
increasing DPS
doing more race pace work throughout the season
swimming a 100 fly in SCY and SCM for the first time
taking some time off my 100 IM; I've been stuck in a rut
doing a fast 100 back this year; didn't get around to it last year
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Sam:
Welcome to the world of SDK! I think it takes some serious time to learn and master SDKs. I never did SDKs in age group swimming and didn't my first year of masters either. Then, from watching and reading, I just decided it was a logical path to time drops. (Swimming underwater also compensates for my height disadvantage.) I've been working at it pretty diligently for 8 months or so. Much improved, especially on starts, but I still need to work on SDKs off the walls. I'm definitely not at 10-12 on each turn. 12?! SDKs just take practice, practice, practice and a strong core.
Plus, I love the monofin for SDKs. Ande doesn't, and so he is not my identical evil twin. ;)
Thanks for the advice. I also bought a monofin this summer. Great for LCM but not so good for SCM, not enough time to get a rhythm. How often are you using it? And what kind of set do you use it on?
It's a blast to use to say the least. I have talked to many people who swear it helps, bt of course Raz has a different opinion on this.
Sam:
Welcome to the world of SDK! I think it takes some serious time to learn and master SDKs. I never did SDKs in age group swimming and didn't my first year of masters either. Then, from watching and reading, I just decided it was a logical path to time drops. (Swimming underwater also compensates for my height disadvantage.) I've been working at it pretty diligently for 8 months or so. Much improved, especially on starts, but I still need to work on SDKs off the walls. I'm definitely not at 10-12 on each turn. 12?! SDKs just take practice, practice, practice and a strong core.
Plus, I love the monofin for SDKs. Ande doesn't, and so he is not my identical evil twin. ;)
Thanks for the advice. I also bought a monofin this summer. Great for LCM but not so good for SCM, not enough time to get a rhythm. How often are you using it? And what kind of set do you use it on?
It's a blast to use to say the least. I have talked to many people who swear it helps, bt of course Raz has a different opinion on this.
