Hey guys, it's been a while. I've been so busy and haven't had as much time to swim. Oddly enough both my son and I have improved tremendously since the summer season ended, and this is with much less practice oddly enough.
My son (just turned 9) began the summer with a 45 or 46 second 25M. He now is consistently getting 21-23 seconds in the 25Y. We just started working on the 50Y, so his endurance isn't quite up to snuff, but he's getting about 51 seconds. it's really interesting how he plateaus for a couple weeks, then one day he sets a new bar for the next couple weeks. I'll try to get video soon to see what people think, I can post his old video links for comparison.
As for myself, some of you may remember it took me a good 20 some strokes to go 25M. Well, I'm now doing the 25Y in 12-13 strokes. I haven't had a chance to get myself videotaped,so I don't know how good it looks, but I figure with the markedly improved efficiency I must be doing something right. Again, I'll try to post a video soon. One of the things I'm doing is angling my arms slightly downward on the extension and keeping my hand loose and slightly angled downward. I find this reduces the drag I used to get from my hand and makes it easier to keep my elbow high.
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Hi. Thanks for the response. I do not have a very good kick. My legs are a bit low in the water and feet not pointed enough. I guess this creates more drag which makes me slower and maybe requires more energy. Working on it with my tri coach. Now that I am focussing more on the kick I seem to be kicking a lot more which is making my breathing more difficult.
I have done 3 1,5km swims in triathlons this season and the first two were ok. The third a really battled with breathing but this was 3 days after my coach showed me the video on my swim and spoke to me about my kicking.
I can and have done 30 to 50 laps non stop at our group swim sessions but I just feel like I am breathing a lot worse than everyone else and am also the slowest - which is due to higher drag.
Will experiment with an acceptable kick intensity an see what works. Tks
Hi. Thanks for the response. I do not have a very good kick. My legs are a bit low in the water and feet not pointed enough. I guess this creates more drag which makes me slower and maybe requires more energy. Working on it with my tri coach. Now that I am focussing more on the kick I seem to be kicking a lot more which is making my breathing more difficult.
I have done 3 1,5km swims in triathlons this season and the first two were ok. The third a really battled with breathing but this was 3 days after my coach showed me the video on my swim and spoke to me about my kicking.
I can and have done 30 to 50 laps non stop at our group swim sessions but I just feel like I am breathing a lot worse than everyone else and am also the slowest - which is due to higher drag.
Will experiment with an acceptable kick intensity an see what works. Tks
