Well, i am 14 years old, and i have a very important meet coming up for my club team. high school season just ended last week, and the meet is coming up in 15 days.
Anyways, top 6 people final per event, and for some reason, i am just coming short in some events.
My current times are: (in SCY)
50 free-26.82, and i will need to go a 26.23 to final (last time i did this event was about a week before christmas, so i assume i should go faster this time because i plan on being well tapered and alot stronger.)
100 free- 59.83, and i will need to go a 57.66 to final (Okay, for this event, what should i do? I have never really "sprinted" a full 100. i go at around 95% because if i go all out on the first 50, i am practically dead for the second one. Should i try to go all out on this race, or just play it safe?)
100 ***- 1:14.75 (I will need to go around a 1:13 to final. I'm pretty sure i will be able to make this time, because, again, last time i did this was before christmas.)
I will plan on wearing a FSII legskin for my free events and a FSI Brief for my ***.
My current plan is to go all out at practice for the remainder of this week and all of next week, then taper the week after that, and the meet is friday - sunday. I will plan on lifting weights this week and next week to become stronger for the meet. I practice about 3.5 hours daily, by going to two practices, but the week before the meet, i will only be in for maximum of two hours.
So, my question to you is, what will i need to work on for each event to go this faster than ever before in 15 days? Any comments on my taper schedule? Anything to add?
Thanks again :)
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Good advice here.
I would also recommend a couple of very fast turns each day in practice. It's easy to get a little lazy with turns in practice, so that the turn itself is slows down. But it can also be frustrating to botch your turns (hesitating on your approach or flipping too far or too close) because you are not used to approaching the wall at your race speed. Try starting just outside the flags, sprint to the wall, quick turn, and then great streamline and a few fast strokes out of the wall.
I know a lot of age group and high school teams don't work a lot on starts in season. You might want to do a few starts each day, too. But not too many, as they are very tiring for your legs.
Good advice here.
I would also recommend a couple of very fast turns each day in practice. It's easy to get a little lazy with turns in practice, so that the turn itself is slows down. But it can also be frustrating to botch your turns (hesitating on your approach or flipping too far or too close) because you are not used to approaching the wall at your race speed. Try starting just outside the flags, sprint to the wall, quick turn, and then great streamline and a few fast strokes out of the wall.
I know a lot of age group and high school teams don't work a lot on starts in season. You might want to do a few starts each day, too. But not too many, as they are very tiring for your legs.
