Does anyone have this problem?
I need to make a super effort to get a foot on the pad. I'm usually under it. If I adjust to touch it, I am not pushing off at the right angle. I just have a deeper turn than most.
I guess I need to try and fix this because getting splits is important.
Any thoughts?
I guess I am not tucking enough. I will work on it. It is a real problem for me. I am ignoring it in practice and then at meets I screw it all up.
Remember, practice is to set good habits and to make them automatic. By setting a bad habit in practice, the only way to overcome that in a race is to be really concentrating on not doing it, which is a less than desirable outcome. A perfect race is one where your mind is just along for the ride. If you have to concentrate on too many things (hand position, breathing, kicking, turning, etc), you will not be relaxed and able to do your best.
My best 50yd free ever was leading off a relay. This has stuck out in my mind ever since. Immediately following my swim, all I remember is the starter's gun and then touching the wall, I remembered absolutely nothing else about the swim. My coach asked me what I did differently, was I kicking more, how was my rotation, how many strokes, etc. and I just said 'I don't recall anything'
My mind was completely along for the ride and the body did what it was trained to do in practice. That is where I am trying to get back to. and that is why it is critical to set good habits in practice so that you don't have to think about what you need to do, you can just do it.
I guess I am not tucking enough. I will work on it. It is a real problem for me. I am ignoring it in practice and then at meets I screw it all up.
Remember, practice is to set good habits and to make them automatic. By setting a bad habit in practice, the only way to overcome that in a race is to be really concentrating on not doing it, which is a less than desirable outcome. A perfect race is one where your mind is just along for the ride. If you have to concentrate on too many things (hand position, breathing, kicking, turning, etc), you will not be relaxed and able to do your best.
My best 50yd free ever was leading off a relay. This has stuck out in my mind ever since. Immediately following my swim, all I remember is the starter's gun and then touching the wall, I remembered absolutely nothing else about the swim. My coach asked me what I did differently, was I kicking more, how was my rotation, how many strokes, etc. and I just said 'I don't recall anything'
My mind was completely along for the ride and the body did what it was trained to do in practice. That is where I am trying to get back to. and that is why it is critical to set good habits in practice so that you don't have to think about what you need to do, you can just do it.
