One time conversion tool I have used only does freestyle for 50 yard/meter distances. For other strokes like breaststroke the turns are a very significant part and I'm wondering how close a simple 1.1 conversion is.
Based on the 50 BR event rankings, I went from 58/90 SCM (38.54) to 50/141 SCY (32.61), so I definitely went faster but it's hard to pin down how much.
I think a large part of this was from changes in my weightlifting routine.
I guess technically its the pullouts that could potentially cause the difference, not the turn per se since you would presumably be using the same style turn regardless of course and there are the same number of turns. I would say the 50 free conversion will give pretty decent results for a 50 ***. If you feel your underwaters are especially good then you'll be slightly better SCY (less percentage of the race done as surface swimming).
I guess technically its the pullouts that could potentially cause the difference, not the turn per se since you would presumably be using the same style turn regardless of course and there are the same number of turns. I would say the 50 free conversion will give pretty decent results for a 50 ***. If you feel your underwaters are especially good then you'll be slightly better SCY (less percentage of the race done as surface swimming).
