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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I'm 50 and I race the 100 ***. The splits on my recent 100 SCM race were 36.73 and 40.25. I was very happy with those splits. In the same meet I swam a very flawed 50 *** in 34.14. So the 1st 50 of my 100 was 2.5 secs slower than my 50.
If you are a 30 sec SCY 50 guy - You might aim for 32.5/36 for a 1:08.5. I think the front 50 of a 100 *** is faster than the front 50 of 100 free because of the pullout from a dive. Resist the urge to blast off the first 50. You'll feel fast - but at the 50 you'll feel the fatigue it hurts from there. Hold back a bit on the 1st 25. For me - I aimed for a perceived 80% effort. You'll find that when you're not trashed your glide will be better and you'll have some stroke power at the end.
BTW - I think the 50 is almost different event completely. The 50 is a race with very fast hands and almost no glide at all. You cannot swim the 100 that way.
I made a mistake last year and swam a 100 SCY with a 31+/37 splits. The 2nd 50 was awful.
Last year my son - a high school senior - swam a 58.99 100 *** with 27.96/31.03 splits.
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I'm 50 and I race the 100 ***. The splits on my recent 100 SCM race were 36.73 and 40.25. I was very happy with those splits. In the same meet I swam a very flawed 50 *** in 34.14. So the 1st 50 of my 100 was 2.5 secs slower than my 50.
If you are a 30 sec SCY 50 guy - You might aim for 32.5/36 for a 1:08.5. I think the front 50 of a 100 *** is faster than the front 50 of 100 free because of the pullout from a dive. Resist the urge to blast off the first 50. You'll feel fast - but at the 50 you'll feel the fatigue it hurts from there. Hold back a bit on the 1st 25. For me - I aimed for a perceived 80% effort. You'll find that when you're not trashed your glide will be better and you'll have some stroke power at the end.
BTW - I think the 50 is almost different event completely. The 50 is a race with very fast hands and almost no glide at all. You cannot swim the 100 that way.
I made a mistake last year and swam a 100 SCY with a 31+/37 splits. The 2nd 50 was awful.
Last year my son - a high school senior - swam a 58.99 100 *** with 27.96/31.03 splits.
