My backstroke is so piss poor that I'm faster at breaststroke than I am at backstroke. I'm swimming 25 back at the sprint classic in about 2 weeks, so I need to figure out how to swim it preety soon. If anyone has any advice for me on backstroke I would love to hear it becasue I'm trying to win that fastest man award at the classic and I have a feeling that backstroke is going to prevent me from doing so. I went a 15.2 in meters yesterday. That time is not going help me at all. My stroke is sub-par, my underwaters are weak, and my finish is sketchy becase there are no backstroke flags at the pool I swim at so I never get a chance to practice it. I know how to swim it but I just can't do it and I'm not good at it. The 25 backstroke is going to be an adventure for me at the classic. But if anyone has any tips for me I would appreciate it.
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Warren, you are already talking yourself out of this race. I wish you had asked sooner!! There is no way you can possibly make stroke changes this late; you have to go for the start and turns and not having backstroke flags shouldn't be a problem. I used to have this problem and I would step off the count on the deck and put a chair or big towel on deck so when I glanced over and saw it, I started my stroke count to the wall. And this can be pretty darn accurate. You just have to look for that marker.
Good Luck!
donna
yeah I look for the white on the lane line becasue the last 5 meters of the line is solid white, but its still kind of tricky and its not the same as having flags.
Warren, you are already talking yourself out of this race. I wish you had asked sooner!! There is no way you can possibly make stroke changes this late; you have to go for the start and turns and not having backstroke flags shouldn't be a problem. I used to have this problem and I would step off the count on the deck and put a chair or big towel on deck so when I glanced over and saw it, I started my stroke count to the wall. And this can be pretty darn accurate. You just have to look for that marker.
Good Luck!
donna
yeah I look for the white on the lane line becasue the last 5 meters of the line is solid white, but its still kind of tricky and its not the same as having flags.
