Yet...... another comment on "elitism" in masters swimming. This ongoing battle of two imaginary groups....... the selfish former elite swimmers and the non elite counter parts.
Yes..... The Evil Smith and I have taken great pleasure throughout the last decade trying to secretly split USMS into these two groups. Our efforts to perpetuate this divide and fuel our intolerance for "learners" is now being undermined..... :-)
One Big Happy Family: Marcinkowski’s Masters
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"Butcher, Zerkle and others say numbers have soared because Marcinkowski has tried to strip the elitism from masters swimming, often thought to be populated with former competitive stars who have little tolerance for learners."
My question for elite swimmers, how much longer until I start getting fast? It's been 15 months and I can't do 50M under 34 seconds (push-off start) and 500M is worst (9:00). The first 6 months of swimming showed consistant progress. Then from there on, no matter how hard I trained or my level of strength and fitness, improvements were just marginal (already 15 months swimming now). Recently though, I did improve some by working on correcting discovered errors (hands crossing, drag from body position).
Unfortunately, I work until midnight making it difficult to attend team practices so I am left with practicing alone, but I did attend one. A typical workout will always have 10-15 x 50M on a long restfull interval, like 2:00 so I don't get sloppy and relapse into bad technique. I also pay attention to the feel of water drag and try to distinguish between bad and positive feel, then I do drills I read on here and go-swim. One thing I do think I should look in to is an underwater camera. Nevertheless, I'm left with some questions.
So, how many years does it take to get the hang of this, 3 - 5 years (If so, this will put me in the 45-50year group:agree: when time comes)? Is improvement gradual or spontaneous? Any suggestions for an underwater camera that's cheap, but good enough to get the job done?
Thank you very much for reading.
My question for elite swimmers, how much longer until I start getting fast? It's been 15 months and I can't do 50M under 34 seconds (push-off start) and 500M is worst (9:00). The first 6 months of swimming showed consistant progress. Then from there on, no matter how hard I trained or my level of strength and fitness, improvements were just marginal (already 15 months swimming now). Recently though, I did improve some by working on correcting discovered errors (hands crossing, drag from body position).
Unfortunately, I work until midnight making it difficult to attend team practices so I am left with practicing alone, but I did attend one. A typical workout will always have 10-15 x 50M on a long restfull interval, like 2:00 so I don't get sloppy and relapse into bad technique. I also pay attention to the feel of water drag and try to distinguish between bad and positive feel, then I do drills I read on here and go-swim. One thing I do think I should look in to is an underwater camera. Nevertheless, I'm left with some questions.
So, how many years does it take to get the hang of this, 3 - 5 years (If so, this will put me in the 45-50year group:agree: when time comes)? Is improvement gradual or spontaneous? Any suggestions for an underwater camera that's cheap, but good enough to get the job done?
Thank you very much for reading.
