Hi everyone. I have been swimming for three months now after starting to swim for the first time in a while.
My best stroke so far (yet the most exausting) is the butterfly. I have lowered my 100 time (SCY) to a 1:07.08 just recently. I am really trying to drop it down lower than a 1:03.50 at my championship meet on tuesday.
My splits have been about 30 38 or 29 39 for the two 50's. Although it seems like a big drop in time i feel like if i can kick more on the second 50 (my legs often drag behind because i forget to kick when im tired) i should be able to pull it off.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can improve my chances?
no200fly has awesome advice for improving chances in the short term.
It looks like you are having trouble coming home with those splits. Take advantage of that first 25 with a long breakout and as mentioned, play with your breathing. Try two up one down. A one minute effort is not completely anaerobic and there is a significant aerobic energy component. Getting air will not hurt. Of course Phelps breathes evry stroke in fly, but he also does this in the 100free which should be telling you something about needing air in a one minute effort.
I would also say that in the long term, to race fly you need to swim fly. That means doing alot of it in practice to get strong. I always look for opportunities to fly. Sometimes if an interval is easy I modify the set and do the first or last length or two fly. Try building fly volume into your workout.
no200fly has awesome advice for improving chances in the short term.
It looks like you are having trouble coming home with those splits. Take advantage of that first 25 with a long breakout and as mentioned, play with your breathing. Try two up one down. A one minute effort is not completely anaerobic and there is a significant aerobic energy component. Getting air will not hurt. Of course Phelps breathes evry stroke in fly, but he also does this in the 100free which should be telling you something about needing air in a one minute effort.
I would also say that in the long term, to race fly you need to swim fly. That means doing alot of it in practice to get strong. I always look for opportunities to fly. Sometimes if an interval is easy I modify the set and do the first or last length or two fly. Try building fly volume into your workout.
