Lately I've not been making friends.
I am hitting people during fly. Sometimes it is from another lane since I recover my right arm over the lane line, and sometimes it is a lane mate. I have a 76" reach so I am roughly as wide as a lane.
I try to look and f I see someone I can sometimes do an alligator arm recovery, but this does not always work. People come up fast and you can't always get out of the way.
Is there a trick to this, or is hitting part of the deal?
Sometimes I'll lead so I can at least do a 25 without an issue, but anything over a 25 and I am now paranoid.
I guess you just need to really keep an eye out. I try the tricks like a later breakout to get past. The trick for me on fly is seeing it coming.
I swim fly with very fast, very aggressive people in very narrow lanes. Have good, multiple SDKs off the walls and swim with aggression to mark your space. We have surprisingly few smack incidents even with upwards of 6 flyers in a SCY lane. I would never recommend breaking stroke to pass. It's a bad habit to break and it won't help you come race time. This aggression, er, I call it confidence, will keep people who have no business being in your lane out of your lane.
I'm not sure about this. The guys in my lane and one over certainly deserve to be there and deserve respect, at least that's what the Olympic ring tatoo tells me. On a hard sprint, just ignoring it can lead to a broken hand or torn shoulder. I hit on a fast interval not too long ago and I thought I shattered this other guys hand. It was such a hard it we both came to a complete stop. He was totally cool about it, so it made me think it was just part of the business, but it bothered me.
I think swimmer avoidance skills are the sign of a good swimmer no? I kinda pride myself on being able to not touch anyone on any of the other strokes, but fly has me stumped.
I guess you just need to really keep an eye out. I try the tricks like a later breakout to get past. The trick for me on fly is seeing it coming.
I swim fly with very fast, very aggressive people in very narrow lanes. Have good, multiple SDKs off the walls and swim with aggression to mark your space. We have surprisingly few smack incidents even with upwards of 6 flyers in a SCY lane. I would never recommend breaking stroke to pass. It's a bad habit to break and it won't help you come race time. This aggression, er, I call it confidence, will keep people who have no business being in your lane out of your lane.
I'm not sure about this. The guys in my lane and one over certainly deserve to be there and deserve respect, at least that's what the Olympic ring tatoo tells me. On a hard sprint, just ignoring it can lead to a broken hand or torn shoulder. I hit on a fast interval not too long ago and I thought I shattered this other guys hand. It was such a hard it we both came to a complete stop. He was totally cool about it, so it made me think it was just part of the business, but it bothered me.
I think swimmer avoidance skills are the sign of a good swimmer no? I kinda pride myself on being able to not touch anyone on any of the other strokes, but fly has me stumped.
