I'm seeking advice on training for the 100 fly. Decided to start swimming it last year. Swam it 7x on the three courses. I can only remember 3x times where I didn't suffer from complete paralysis the last 15 meters or so and worry about a DQ. Gah. So how can I fix this?
I've read that you don't need to train fly in practice. I'm not sure I buy this. The muscular fatigue from fly seems unique. And I don't want to substitute freestyle training for it.
What are some good sets? How many SDKs per length should I take to prevent oxygen debt? If too much fly hurts the shoulders, is kicking a decent training substitute?
I also seem to swim better 100 flys on a week rest. The paralysis seems to be associated with a 2 week taper. Does aerobic fitness drop off that quickly? Is this an age thing? Or is it that I just don't train enough yards for a 2 week taper?
I think you have to swim 100s (straight) in practice to be successful come meet time. Heck, I swim broke 100s; 25, 50 and 75 repeats and 100s and I still die at the end. I also do tons of drills. It's the ONLY event I swim regularly that I swim almost as fast in practice as I do at a meet ... anyway ...
Hmm, I must be the exception as I just swam a very relaxed 1:00.9 100y fly without ever having swum fly in practice for more than a 50, and even that isn't very often.
We'll find out if that was just an aberation come three weeks from now.
I think you have to swim 100s (straight) in practice to be successful come meet time. Heck, I swim broke 100s; 25, 50 and 75 repeats and 100s and I still die at the end. I also do tons of drills. It's the ONLY event I swim regularly that I swim almost as fast in practice as I do at a meet ... anyway ...
Hmm, I must be the exception as I just swam a very relaxed 1:00.9 100y fly without ever having swum fly in practice for more than a 50, and even that isn't very often.
We'll find out if that was just an aberation come three weeks from now.
