I asked this question under workouts and got no response. hopefully better luck here.
When counting strokes where do you count from? Are you counting 1 arm? or is each arm rotation counted? If I count each arm rotation it takes my 16 strokes to cover 25 yds. What should a typical stroke count be?
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When your maximum velocity, sprint or personal best time, for a given distance, goes down and your stroke rate for that distance goes down, it is the objective measure of improved efficiency. Knowing your stroke rate and what it means in term of efficiency can be a very useful measurement and if you really want to improve it can be critical. Isolate your kick (kickboard) and pull (pull buoy), count how many kicks and pulls you take, time them and you’ll be able to develop a baseline from which to compare future observations or results in practices and competitions and then evaluate your improvement and efficiency. It can become much more complicated than this but I know you get the idea. Good luck, Coach T.
When your maximum velocity, sprint or personal best time, for a given distance, goes down and your stroke rate for that distance goes down, it is the objective measure of improved efficiency. Knowing your stroke rate and what it means in term of efficiency can be a very useful measurement and if you really want to improve it can be critical. Isolate your kick (kickboard) and pull (pull buoy), count how many kicks and pulls you take, time them and you’ll be able to develop a baseline from which to compare future observations or results in practices and competitions and then evaluate your improvement and efficiency. It can become much more complicated than this but I know you get the idea. Good luck, Coach T.
