OK,
Here is my swimming career in a nutshell. I have started to level off, so I think getting under a minute is going to be hard.
date 50 free 100 free 200 free 500 free
4/2/2006 30.28 1:10.24
4/30/2006 28.70 1:08.76 2:56.98
1/21/2007 26.86 1:04.00 2:31.39
3/11/2007 26.83 1:03.22 2:33.18
4/28/2007 26.85 1:01.75 7:40.29
11/4/2007 27.16 1:03.98 2:35.99
2/9/2008 1:02.52 2:29.15 7:09.21
4/5/2008 26.60 1:01.04 6:49.16
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You've got the speed to do it
Absolutely.
I once coached a high school team that had had one male swimmer break a minute in the previous 8+ years. Yet, on the first day of workout, after a light warm-up, I had the boys do a 25 sprint off the wall. 7 kids broke :15.
I told them that after one season there's absolutely no excuse for not breaking a minute.
We worked on pacing 25s and 50s a LOT.
At the end of the season, the fastest kid -- a freshman -- went a :51, another went :52 (and would've broken :50 if he hadn't gone surfing {at least it was an 8 foot swell}), 2 more went 53 and a fourth went 54. The "slowest" kid went 1:56 in the 200.
Anywho... Focus on streamlining. Practice starts. Stroke drills, and lots of them. And plenty of rest throughout a stroke drill set.. Skulling. Kicking w/ proper technique.
You've got the speed, so it's going to come down to streamlining and splits. I'd say go out in a 28.5 (in other words, restrain yourself the first 50), and then bring it home like nobody's business.
You've got the speed to do it
Absolutely.
I once coached a high school team that had had one male swimmer break a minute in the previous 8+ years. Yet, on the first day of workout, after a light warm-up, I had the boys do a 25 sprint off the wall. 7 kids broke :15.
I told them that after one season there's absolutely no excuse for not breaking a minute.
We worked on pacing 25s and 50s a LOT.
At the end of the season, the fastest kid -- a freshman -- went a :51, another went :52 (and would've broken :50 if he hadn't gone surfing {at least it was an 8 foot swell}), 2 more went 53 and a fourth went 54. The "slowest" kid went 1:56 in the 200.
Anywho... Focus on streamlining. Practice starts. Stroke drills, and lots of them. And plenty of rest throughout a stroke drill set.. Skulling. Kicking w/ proper technique.
You've got the speed, so it's going to come down to streamlining and splits. I'd say go out in a 28.5 (in other words, restrain yourself the first 50), and then bring it home like nobody's business.
