Hey, just here to ask a few questions before my swim meet tonight, I've noticed something. When I went my recent best time this past week, my first 50 was completely relaxed and my closing 50 was strained. I went 8 seconds slower during the second 50.
Is it possible that slowing down my stroke and making myself move through the water cleaner, more of a streamline?
I've been trying it in practice but I'm really having troubles finding the sweet spot in terms of stroke count to pull strength, and how I should position myself to produce the least drag.
I would really appreciate some help with this guys, I want to drop my time. :)
For reference, I currently go a 1:09.07 in my 100y Breastroke, I know it's slow but i'm still in highschool. My 50y Breaststroke is roughly a 30 flat, I have yet to break that mark.
My father is the one that pointed this out, I raced someone that went a 1:07 while I was in the pool and he stroked much less than me, I was turning over at a painful rate and he was almost relaxed.
Tell me, how do I fix this? Thanks a lot guys, I love this forum. :)
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Hey Anthony ~ I feel your pain. I had a similar problem when I was a senior in high school. My second 50 was 6 seconds slower. I swam a year in college and only dropped another second on my 100 time. I burned out, in part, due to the lack of progress I was making. Here is what I would do differently today.
1. Talk to my coach about the disparity between the front and back ends of my swim.
2. Express my sincere desire to work on this in practice with his/her help.
3. Prove it to them by doing exactly what they tell you in practice.
3. Start negative splitting everything in practice.
I didn't do any of these things despite the fact that I probably could have gone at least a couple of seconds faster just by learning how to properly split the race. I just didn't know and apparently my coaches didn't either.
The good news is that you have a 1:06 or better within your capability just by learning to split the race. Since you are in high school, your time could drop significantly again due to strength gains that are typical. Even without proper splitting, I dropped almost 8 seconds on my 100 BR between my freshman and senior years.
The bad news is that any changes you make for your race tonight could result in a slower time.
Let us know how it goes.
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Former Member
Hey Anthony ~ I feel your pain. I had a similar problem when I was a senior in high school. My second 50 was 6 seconds slower. I swam a year in college and only dropped another second on my 100 time. I burned out, in part, due to the lack of progress I was making. Here is what I would do differently today.
1. Talk to my coach about the disparity between the front and back ends of my swim.
2. Express my sincere desire to work on this in practice with his/her help.
3. Prove it to them by doing exactly what they tell you in practice.
3. Start negative splitting everything in practice.
I didn't do any of these things despite the fact that I probably could have gone at least a couple of seconds faster just by learning how to properly split the race. I just didn't know and apparently my coaches didn't either.
The good news is that you have a 1:06 or better within your capability just by learning to split the race. Since you are in high school, your time could drop significantly again due to strength gains that are typical. Even without proper splitting, I dropped almost 8 seconds on my 100 BR between my freshman and senior years.
The bad news is that any changes you make for your race tonight could result in a slower time.
Let us know how it goes.
