General Tips for Making it to State (High School Swimming)

Hey, Im a junior in high school, and this is my second year swimming on an official swim team. I joined the swim team as a joke my sophomore year, but I now love the sport and want to take it very seriously. I moved up to JV last year and I'm now looking to move up to varsity this year and do very well in the 200 I.M. My stroke techniques need lot of work. My *** is by far my best followed by the freestyle. The backstroke and butterfly are pretty much the same. My *** is pretty decent and my coaches have said I'm doing it right. However with my back and freestyle, my hips are swinging out and I'm fishtailing. My coach tried telling me how to do it, but I'm still doing it. How do I fix this? With my butterfly, I feel like it's a little strained and it doesn't really flow like I feel it should. Also my kicking is very very weak. After a 50 freestyle/Back/Fly and i start burning out (especially fly since I don't really know how to do it) *** kick is cake. My sophomore year I swam the 100 *** at 1:17.21 My times as of now are: 50 Freestyle: 27.3 Seconds 100 ***: 1:26.54 50 Back: 38 Seconds 50 Fly: 32 Seconds Right now I'm training primarily through weight lifting (Working on all areas of the body,) and some swimming. I am really looking to go from being a decent swimmer to someone who can place 1st in state (ideally : D) Any advice would be appreciated. I'm not convinced this post is for real. Please tell us more - like what state you live in and whether you are male or female. I assume male because of your weightlifting comment. How can you be serious about swimming if you are primarily training through weight lifting? You would not reach the State meet in Texas in either 4A or 5A with your times. Last year 3rd place in 4A State Boys was a 1:58.2 and 1st was a 1:53. 14th place was a 2:09. 16th place in 50 free was 22.68. 16th place in 100 *** was 1:04.75. 5A times were even faster. Texas times are fast but many other large states have similar times. Perhaps high school swimming is much slower in your state. You say you have coaches. They can actually see you swim so you should seek help from them. If you are serious - the best advice is to get much more time in the water with the best coaching possible. Usually that means a USA-S team. Adding power via weight lifting is probably a waste of time for you right now. Your greatest time improvements will occur with both a technique (stroke) and aerobic fitness improvement. Sorry if this comes across as rude.

Hey, Im a junior in high school, and this is my second year swimming on an official swim team. I joined the swim team as a joke my sophomore year, but I now love the sport and want to take it very seriously. I moved up to JV last year and I'm now looking to move up to varsity this year and do very well in the 200 I.M. My stroke techniques need lot of work. My *** is by far my best followed by the freestyle. The backstroke and butterfly are pretty much the same. My *** is pretty decent and my coaches have said I'm doing it right. However with my back and freestyle, my hips are swinging out and I'm fishtailing. My coach tried telling me how to do it, but I'm still doing it. How do I fix this? With my butterfly, I feel like it's a little strained and it doesn't really flow like I feel it should. Also my kicking is very very weak. After a 50 freestyle/Back/Fly and i start burning out (especially fly since I don't really know how to do it) *** kick is cake. My sophomore year I swam the 100 *** at 1:17.21 My times as of now are: 50 Freestyle: 27.3 Seconds 100 ***: 1:26.54 50 Back: 38 Seconds 50 Fly: 32 Seconds Right now I'm training primarily through weight lifting (Working on all areas of the body,) and some swimming. I am really looking to go from being a decent swimmer to someone who can place 1st in state (ideally : D) Any advice would be appreciated. I'm not convinced this post is for real. Please tell us more - like what state you live in and whether you are male or female. I assume male because of your weightlifting comment. How can you be serious about swimming if you are primarily training through weight lifting? You would not reach the State meet in Texas in either 4A or 5A with your times. Last year 3rd place in 4A State Boys was a 1:58.2 and 1st was a 1:53. 14th place was a 2:09. 16th place in 50 free was 22.68. 16th place in 100 *** was 1:04.75. 5A times were even faster. Texas times are fast but many other large states have similar times. Perhaps high school swimming is much slower in your state. You say you have coaches. They can actually see you swim so you should seek help from them. If you are serious - the best advice is to get much more time in the water with the best coaching possible. Usually that means a USA-S team. Adding power via weight lifting is probably a waste of time for you right now. Your greatest time improvements will occur with both a technique (stroke) and aerobic fitness improvement. Sorry if this comes across as rude.