50m freestyle training and techniques

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Hi,everyone,i am new to this forum... My name is CherTeck, just learning swimming less than two years. I started train competitively three months ago. My 50m personal best is 31s. I have no coach and train myself in school's pool. I do dry land training three times per week ( medicine ball, stretch cord, ab .roller,crunches, sit up) but i don't go gym . I swim 6 times per week and each session last about 1.5 hour. I think i was born as sprinter as i don't like long distance swimming. Currently, i train freestyle only but i will swim IM during warm up. I always find the best workout for me but still cannot find the best one. But i think the folllowing mainset are good 1) 4 x100m, 4 x 75m, 4 x 50m, 4 x25m ( build to 80 % on last lap for 25m pool) 2) 25m 50 75 100 150 200 rec 200 150 100 75 50 25 m ( start from 25m then slowly increase the distance, on the way back, increase the speed) 3) 8 x 75m on 1: 15 , 20 x 50 m ( des 1-4 ) 4) Sprinting set:4 x ( 20 fast 30 slow, 30 fast 20 slow, 50m recovery, 50 m all out) 5) Speed kick: 2 x ( 1 x 100,2 x 50, 4 x25) fast kick But i always use up my energy after speed kick and cannot move on to next main set.For sprinting set, i also die in last round. For normal 50m interval swimming, i tend to swim fast and then must rest 1-2 mins . I am eager to bring my time down...i want to know what's wrong in my stroke.Why can't i swim faster despite i try very hard. Opps, i got a pair of red zoomer and a parachute. I also use them in my swimming training.I am 21 years old and hope that my 50m freestyle will hit 27s by February next year. Here are some confusion when i do the sprinting: 1) Should we pull all the way back to hips in sprinting ? 2) Should we catch the water like Popov?YouTube - Popov vs Klim 50m Perth 1998 or just pull back without high elbow? 3) i feel that the water is heavy to hug during the catch,is it the good thing because i feel my turnover will slow down by pulling back that heavy water. 4) I saw Cesar Cielo slapping his arms quickly during sprinting but Popov still maintain very nice stroke. Which is better? I would like to ask how to race 50m freestyle. Will you go all out hard during first 25m? How about the breathing frequency? i would like to try breathing at 20m and 35m in long course or 20,30,40 .Is it ok?:coffee:
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  • Hi. Any replies to this post? I have same result for 50m free - 31sec. Though till this point I was training 3 times a week for 1 hour. I work pretty fast with my hands but it looks like I have problem with catch during such tempo. As far as I know general swimming preparation cycle includes the following basic phases: endurance phase, threshold endurance/overload endurance, sprint and tapering. Making sprint sets during endurance phase can lead to too early peak and then breakdown. My question is how sprinter should train should he keep same phases? For instance, should sprinter do some sprint sets during endurance phase? Or another situation - the swimmer has poor kick and wants to burst it. Should he wait till the threshold endurance and sprint phases to work on speed kicking or to work on it during endurance phase as well? Damn, all these books and articles are for middle and long distance swimmers, couldn't find any info about training cycles planning for sprinters. Could anyone show an example of the preparation plan for sprinter? In my case I have 3 and a half months to prepare to the next event - European Masters Championship in September so I would like to plan preparation for 2 distances 50m Free and 50m ***. I will increase trainings periodicity to 5-6 times a week and a bit later gonna add gym but I'm not sure what exactly I should do on the water for sprint.
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  • Hi. Any replies to this post? I have same result for 50m free - 31sec. Though till this point I was training 3 times a week for 1 hour. I work pretty fast with my hands but it looks like I have problem with catch during such tempo. As far as I know general swimming preparation cycle includes the following basic phases: endurance phase, threshold endurance/overload endurance, sprint and tapering. Making sprint sets during endurance phase can lead to too early peak and then breakdown. My question is how sprinter should train should he keep same phases? For instance, should sprinter do some sprint sets during endurance phase? Or another situation - the swimmer has poor kick and wants to burst it. Should he wait till the threshold endurance and sprint phases to work on speed kicking or to work on it during endurance phase as well? Damn, all these books and articles are for middle and long distance swimmers, couldn't find any info about training cycles planning for sprinters. Could anyone show an example of the preparation plan for sprinter? In my case I have 3 and a half months to prepare to the next event - European Masters Championship in September so I would like to plan preparation for 2 distances 50m Free and 50m ***. I will increase trainings periodicity to 5-6 times a week and a bit later gonna add gym but I'm not sure what exactly I should do on the water for sprint.
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