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
From the USMS rule book:
Backstroke to breaststroke—The swimmer must touch the wall while
on the back. Once a legal touch has been made, the swimmer may turn in
any manner, but the shoulders must be at or past the vertical toward the
*** when the swimmer leaves the wall and the prescribed breaststroke
form must be attained prior to the first arm stroke.
"On the back" doesn't have to mean flat on your back. You can roll onto your side, but you must not let the exposed shoulder go beyond that invisible line that goes 90 degrees from the water's surface.
Worked on these suckers today and they really weren't too bad. If I lunge down for the backstroke finish, I almost automatically flip right over. Much more fun this way. Problem is I can only do it with my left hand so far. But it might be faster this way even if I glide in. Going to force myself to only do rollover turns on IMs the next couple months and see how it goes. I think I'll even do one at my next meet. Nothing to lose. :bouncing:
(Have to admit, though, that I don't think I was under water for 6 seconds. Safe assumption that your breaststroke pullout is a lot longer than mine!)
From the USMS rule book:
Backstroke to breaststroke—The swimmer must touch the wall while
on the back. Once a legal touch has been made, the swimmer may turn in
any manner, but the shoulders must be at or past the vertical toward the
*** when the swimmer leaves the wall and the prescribed breaststroke
form must be attained prior to the first arm stroke.
"On the back" doesn't have to mean flat on your back. You can roll onto your side, but you must not let the exposed shoulder go beyond that invisible line that goes 90 degrees from the water's surface.
Worked on these suckers today and they really weren't too bad. If I lunge down for the backstroke finish, I almost automatically flip right over. Much more fun this way. Problem is I can only do it with my left hand so far. But it might be faster this way even if I glide in. Going to force myself to only do rollover turns on IMs the next couple months and see how it goes. I think I'll even do one at my next meet. Nothing to lose. :bouncing:
(Have to admit, though, that I don't think I was under water for 6 seconds. Safe assumption that your breaststroke pullout is a lot longer than mine!)
