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?
LOL, I actually yell at people "finish to the wall please," in a half joking, half serious manner when they do that.
i'm one of those people too. i move out of the way when i lead and encourage my lane mates to swim all the way in. i do a lot of i.m. during free sets and go last. they move over for me to finish, but i back way off in fly and *** so i don't clobber them (and thus, me!). that's how i 'finished' my races - slow!
LOL, I actually yell at people "finish to the wall please," in a half joking, half serious manner when they do that.
i'm one of those people too. i move out of the way when i lead and encourage my lane mates to swim all the way in. i do a lot of i.m. during free sets and go last. they move over for me to finish, but i back way off in fly and *** so i don't clobber them (and thus, me!). that's how i 'finished' my races - slow!
