Hi, I'm new here. I'm going into high school next year, and this is my last year for the long course JO's. I'm swimming the 200 IM in August, and I'm not sure what my strategy should be. (I'm female, by the way.)
My sprint times are (SCY)(approximated):
50 fly: 33 sec.
50 back: 34 sec.
50 ***: 44 sec.
50 free: 30 sec.
As you can see, my breaststroke is very slow. Normally, in a two hundred, the only way I can get an acceptable time is if I go all-out sprint on my fly and backstroke, so I can get an edge before the inevitable drop-back in breaststroke.
But of course, after I do this, I'm really tired, and I fall back even more, and I barely catch up in the freestyle, if I do at all. Does anyone have any tips for me to try and...I guess, regulate myself?
I've been working on my breaststroke technique, but after I do my butterfly and backstroke rounds, my legs are really tired. :drown: My goal is just to have a 200 IM that isn't so rickety, and to be able to regulate myself throughout.
Thanks in advance!
I've written about this several times before, I'll try to find the threads
In Practice
1) Improve your breastroke
Even though the lengths of the 200 IM are the same
BR is the length where you'll spend the greatest percentage of your time
improve your technique
improve your strength
improve your conditioning
work to have a way faster breastroke split
2) Experiment with splitting hard 200 IM swims in practice
3) wear a fast suit
In your meet
in the race
go out with easy speed,
Save your legs
breathe a lot on the FL & BK
don't do many SDKs
don't go all out and try to hang on,
you'll have nothing to hang on too
The 200 LCM IM is tough
don't blow it on the first and second lengths
What ever time you give up on the FL & Bk
you're likely to gain that and more on the BR and Fr
wear a speedy suit
hope this helps
let us know
Hi, I'm new here. I'm going into high school next year, and this is my last year for the long course JO's. I'm swimming the 200 IM in August, and I'm not sure what my strategy should be. (I'm female, by the way.)
My sprint times are (SCY)(approximated):
50 fly: 33 sec.
50 back: 34 sec.
50 ***: 44 sec.
50 free: 30 sec.
As you can see, my breaststroke is very slow. Normally, in a two hundred, the only way I can get an acceptable time is if I go all-out sprint on my fly and backstroke, so I can get an edge before the inevitable drop-back in breaststroke.
But of course, after I do this, I'm really tired, and I fall back even more, and I barely catch up in the freestyle, if I do at all. Does anyone have any tips for me to try and...I guess, regulate myself?
I've been working on my breaststroke technique, but after I do my butterfly and backstroke rounds, my legs are really tired. :drown: My goal is just to have a 200 IM that isn't so rickety, and to be able to regulate myself throughout.
Thanks in advance!
I've written about this several times before, I'll try to find the threads
In Practice
1) Improve your breastroke
Even though the lengths of the 200 IM are the same
BR is the length where you'll spend the greatest percentage of your time
improve your technique
improve your strength
improve your conditioning
work to have a way faster breastroke split
2) Experiment with splitting hard 200 IM swims in practice
3) wear a fast suit
In your meet
in the race
go out with easy speed,
Save your legs
breathe a lot on the FL & BK
don't do many SDKs
don't go all out and try to hang on,
you'll have nothing to hang on too
The 200 LCM IM is tough
don't blow it on the first and second lengths
What ever time you give up on the FL & Bk
you're likely to gain that and more on the BR and Fr
wear a speedy suit
hope this helps
let us know
Hi, I'm new here. I'm going into high school next year, and this is my last year for the long course JO's. I'm swimming the 200 IM in August, and I'm not sure what my strategy should be. (I'm female, by the way.)
My sprint times are (SCY)(approximated):
50 fly: 33 sec.
50 back: 34 sec.
50 ***: 44 sec.
50 free: 30 sec.
As you can see, my breaststroke is very slow. Normally, in a two hundred, the only way I can get an acceptable time is if I go all-out sprint on my fly and backstroke, so I can get an edge before the inevitable drop-back in breaststroke.
But of course, after I do this, I'm really tired, and I fall back even more, and I barely catch up in the freestyle, if I do at all. Does anyone have any tips for me to try and...I guess, regulate myself?
I've been working on my breaststroke technique, but after I do my butterfly and backstroke rounds, my legs are really tired. :drown: My goal is just to have a 200 IM that isn't so rickety, and to be able to regulate myself throughout.
Thanks in advance!