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.
Jeff:
Are you doing the spin turn or the flip turn? I was practicing the flip turn. Then I saw all Geochuck's video links, which showed the spin turn. I also read on the GoSwim site that the flip turn is also called the suicide turn because the swimmers DQ 90% of the time. To prevent a DQ, do you just need to touch before you flip? The flip seems faster than the spin to me ...
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.
Jeff:
Are you doing the spin turn or the flip turn? I was practicing the flip turn. Then I saw all Geochuck's video links, which showed the spin turn. I also read on the GoSwim site that the flip turn is also called the suicide turn because the swimmers DQ 90% of the time. To prevent a DQ, do you just need to touch before you flip? The flip seems faster than the spin to me ...
