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?
I look forward all the time, looking for people, looking for the wall, and this carries over to my racing. My head is actually only in a neutral head position about 5% of the time.
I think my turns used to be slow when racing because I did so many lazy turns in practice.
I've had many close calls with almost running into people when I swim. I'm not exactly sure if my head is in the correct position, but I don't really look for someone in front of me that often. Many times, the coach will whistle for warm-up to stop, I won't hear it and continue, and the person in front of me will abruptly come to a halt.
I'd like some ideas on how you simulate non-circle swimming at workouts. Heck, even when we go off blocks, we're usually 2 to a lane and circle 10 sec apart. When I've done meets, I tend to do the same.
Finishes are a pet peeve of mine, and I get rather annoyed if people block the wall (most especially for turns). I like to finish every set at workout with a proper finish.
I look forward all the time, looking for people, looking for the wall, and this carries over to my racing. My head is actually only in a neutral head position about 5% of the time.
I think my turns used to be slow when racing because I did so many lazy turns in practice.
I've had many close calls with almost running into people when I swim. I'm not exactly sure if my head is in the correct position, but I don't really look for someone in front of me that often. Many times, the coach will whistle for warm-up to stop, I won't hear it and continue, and the person in front of me will abruptly come to a halt.
I'd like some ideas on how you simulate non-circle swimming at workouts. Heck, even when we go off blocks, we're usually 2 to a lane and circle 10 sec apart. When I've done meets, I tend to do the same.
Finishes are a pet peeve of mine, and I get rather annoyed if people block the wall (most especially for turns). I like to finish every set at workout with a proper finish.
