Okay, here's the situation; im moving to a new city, and their new time standards are really fast to make the high school varsity team. The times in SCY are:
50 Free- 23.29
100 Free- 51.99
200 Free- 1:55.99
Okay, well, after looking at my current speed, my 50 free seems to be my best event, but the thing is, its in LCM
I'm 14, going into grade 10, and my times are (again, in LCM)
50 Free - 28.7
100 Free - 1:05.5
200 Free - 2:33 (Yikes!!)
Anyways my 200 free seems to be my worst freestyle event, but, it is apparently the only event i have a real chance in making the team.
So, how does a sprinter swim the 200 free? Tips pease. Also, the try outs are in 3 weeks or so. And i have a big meet one week before that so i will be tapered but a week off. Like starting today, it goes 1 week of hard training, 1 week of tapering, big meet, ???, Try outs.
Thanks for the help :D
Great advice from all, including both the back to back 100s (at different meets) and the homage to The Perfect Storm, where everybody dies.
Michael Ross and Ande Rasmussen, in case you don't know, Mr. Snap5, are two of the best masters swimmers in the country. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Ross was the first master in history to go sub 49 in a non freestyle event, or something like that. Whatever it was, it was pretty amazing.
Let me offer you an alternative opinion from a non-great:
first 100--think Easy Speed. Go as fast as you can while staying smooth and not getting tired. Chances are your adrenaline will be pumped, so you will more likely have to slow yourself down slightly as opposed to laying down the whip.
100-150--the critical "third 50" where some many people recommend working really hard. I say that way lies madness! This 50, you must stay smooth--stretch your stroke out, keep excellent form, don't rest exactly, but do not make the mistake of building too much at this point. If you hit your lactate threshhold at the 150 yard mark, the only people who are going to be entertained are your adversaries and the specatators. You will die a horrible, albeit amusing to watch, death!
At the 150 mark, start to build to a sprint. You will know shortly how much you have left. If you feel good, begin the all out sprint early. If you don't, build into it more gradually. By the final 25 yards, give it all you got. I have found that it helps to audibly whimper under water--this helps discharge pain, preserve a sense of humor, and eliminate gaseous toxins and CO2 from the body.
Good luck.
Great advice from all, including both the back to back 100s (at different meets) and the homage to The Perfect Storm, where everybody dies.
Michael Ross and Ande Rasmussen, in case you don't know, Mr. Snap5, are two of the best masters swimmers in the country. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Ross was the first master in history to go sub 49 in a non freestyle event, or something like that. Whatever it was, it was pretty amazing.
Let me offer you an alternative opinion from a non-great:
first 100--think Easy Speed. Go as fast as you can while staying smooth and not getting tired. Chances are your adrenaline will be pumped, so you will more likely have to slow yourself down slightly as opposed to laying down the whip.
100-150--the critical "third 50" where some many people recommend working really hard. I say that way lies madness! This 50, you must stay smooth--stretch your stroke out, keep excellent form, don't rest exactly, but do not make the mistake of building too much at this point. If you hit your lactate threshhold at the 150 yard mark, the only people who are going to be entertained are your adversaries and the specatators. You will die a horrible, albeit amusing to watch, death!
At the 150 mark, start to build to a sprint. You will know shortly how much you have left. If you feel good, begin the all out sprint early. If you don't, build into it more gradually. By the final 25 yards, give it all you got. I have found that it helps to audibly whimper under water--this helps discharge pain, preserve a sense of humor, and eliminate gaseous toxins and CO2 from the body.
Good luck.
