I have heard variations on the practice like you race idea since I was an age grouper and had always thought I was good at it but I just had a couple of realizations about how I created problems for myself.Lately I had noticed I was having a stall sometimes at the breakout of my BR pullout.I couldn't figure out what was the problem until I realized that one of my favorite sprint sets is 25s with a turn at the end.I would,of course,stop after the pullout and my body was learning to stop there.I'll now do 2 more strokes after each pullout.
At the meet yesterday I was shocked to realize that at the finish of my 100 BR I had my head up instead of down in complete streamline.In workout today I noticed I had gotten in the habit of lifting my head to look a the clock as I finished.
So how about you,any insights you have noticed about practice and meets?
With my former team we would practice things like you talked about Allen. We did break outs to the middle of the pool (stop), then in to the walk and half way back (stop) and then in to the wall for the finish. All to get out of those habits. But I can see where you are coming from. My bad habit is looking up after a free flip turn to see if anyone in my lane is coming at me. I try hard not to do it but with a lane full of people, it's an easy habit to do and then to break in a meet.
With my former team we would practice things like you talked about Allen. We did break outs to the middle of the pool (stop), then in to the walk and half way back (stop) and then in to the wall for the finish. All to get out of those habits. But I can see where you are coming from. My bad habit is looking up after a free flip turn to see if anyone in my lane is coming at me. I try hard not to do it but with a lane full of people, it's an easy habit to do and then to break in a meet.
