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?
Or, you could just talk to your lanemates about your desire to finish each swim to the wall, as you would in a race.
As someone who is routinely at the end of the lane, I will tell you Doug's approach gets results where yours does not.
Or, you could just talk to your lanemates about your desire to finish each swim to the wall, as you would in a race.
As someone who is routinely at the end of the lane, I will tell you Doug's approach gets results where yours does not.
