I decided to race only breastroke events for a Master's meet later this year.
When I swam in college (85 - 89) I was primarily a breastroker, but also swam the 50 free. In college and high school, I would guess that the stroke specialists still spent maybe 1/2 of each workout swimming freestyle. I just started wondering why that is?
Do you think that someone like Branden Hansen spends any workout time doing freestyle, or would he only do breastroke?
At first I thought that maybe my coaches were worried about repitition-type injuries, and had us swim freestyle to mix things up for the muscles, joints, etc - however I don't remember the pure freestylists ever swimming anything other than freestyle. So why did the butter/back/*** guys still do so much freestyle work?
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I would absolutely have my specialist swimmers (odd stroke swimmers) work on other strokes. It makes them a more complete swimmer and the different strokes work various muscle groups. Just my opinion on that one.
I would absolutely have my specialist swimmers (odd stroke swimmers) work on other strokes. It makes them a more complete swimmer and the different strokes work various muscle groups. Just my opinion on that one.
