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Well, I finally have a video of me swimming, unfortunately for me, its a video of me losing...but...maybe you all can tell me a thing or two about my swimming.
I am in lane three in the video--with a black cap.
Sorry for the quality and distance of the video it was my mom's first time haha, you can hear her yelling at me too.
Thanks!
how come? I mean I don't disagree, but fundamentally they don't have to be very similar--for instance--I don't sdk on my freestyle, ever.
A good freestyler makes a good butterfly swimmer.
Well, I actually really don't do much fly at all in practice--because he never puts me in anything but freestyle--swimming that medley relay was only the 2nd time all season I've swam butterfly at a meet. I suppose if he decides to put me in the 100fly at championships I oughta start practicing it a bit more. I just would like to swim it in a meet beforehand for the seed times. At our championship meet having a fast seed time is such a huge deal for staying out of wall lanes, and getting in a heat thats gonna push you.
but we'll see
Morgan, my take on all this is that your fly looks good. I think you've got a shot at a solid 100 with the right attitude going in. :groovy:I swam 25s and a few 50s fly in practice as a kid (and as an adult!) I almost never did 100 flys in practice. But I hit :58 pretty quickly in the 100 as a kid. As an adult I'll hit 1:00 (after swimming 3 to 4 events prior to it). The key was to swim a moderate amount of fly in practice but with perfect form (never breaking down). I also like free/ fly and drill fly. And I just had a plan (worked out with my coach) as to how to swim the 100 fly in a meet. Do a 100 for time in practice a couple of times.
Forget about whether or not you get a wall lane. Mark Stephens won senior nationals in the 400 IM from A WALL LANE (lane 1) in 2004. And hey, I'm not near SR Nats, but I did win my heat in the 1000 free from lane 1 at the USA-S meet I did a couple of weeks ago. And it was my first time swimming it.
For the first time, I'm learning that it's not a great idea to rely on someone else (my competition) to insure I have a good race. I'm struggling now with relying on me to push myself. It's a great skill to learn. Sometimes it helps me to try and get as far as I can in front of my competition even if it's a "slow" heat. But it's best when I have my plan and the confidence to execute it regardless of the competition.
Basically, I'm just trying to say that with a little mental preparation and planning in practice, it is VERY possible to swim an event for the first time (ever or that season) and have a GREAT swim! In looking at your 50 fly, I feel you could have a very good 100.
You go girl! i.e., see your signature. :cheerleader::cheerleader:
Obviously you see through my motive which is to convert you to what I love best - fly! :D
A good freestyler makes a good butterfly swimmer.
George, amen! Free and fly rule. I train both and each helps the other. IM helps my fly and free. Nothing seems to really help my IM however. :lmao:
Well you don't have to convert me--I came to college as a flyer. My coach has just choosen to utilize me with boring freestyle-same events every meet for my entire college career. Fun.
I'll leave the technical stuff to the others but I think another 5 yards and you win that race...think you can dig any deeper on the last 50?
I agree with Rich. You ate that girls lunch between the walls. Every ,length you out swam her by half a body length and lost it on the walls.
I have no clue how to fix it, but I'm sure with practice you'll take her next time.
