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?
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Thank you guys for all the great tips. I will definitley let you all know how it goes.
@TexasAggies
Walls are certainly my weak point in the race. I try not to but I almost always cruise the turns because i'm so tired and just concentrating on getting to the finish. I will really try to get a good SDK underwater on my turns. Thanks for the advice.
@SolarEnergy
Yeah the splits aren't very good and it is definitley because of being tired at the end of the race. I haven't been timed in a 25 underwater dolphin but off the wall i do about 13.8 in a 25 fly. As for the long SDK's like I said above I really don't do them a lot but I always try not to breath on the first stroke off the wall so doing less SDK's lets me do that better.
@funkyfish
Like I said I'm going to try and make the turns a lot faster. Also I think the relaxed approach would help me more. I always take the fly out at about 85 to 90% which is probably why i'm getting so drained at the end. I noticed once that i swam the first 50 (fly) of a 200IM in about 30.7 and that was very relaxed. When I did the medley relay my fly split was a 29.1 which frustrated me because i gave so much more effort. So i guess if i let myself take it out easy and breathe on the first 50 i should be better off for the second 50.
Once again thanks for all the great advice guys.
Thank you guys for all the great tips. I will definitley let you all know how it goes.
@TexasAggies
Walls are certainly my weak point in the race. I try not to but I almost always cruise the turns because i'm so tired and just concentrating on getting to the finish. I will really try to get a good SDK underwater on my turns. Thanks for the advice.
@SolarEnergy
Yeah the splits aren't very good and it is definitley because of being tired at the end of the race. I haven't been timed in a 25 underwater dolphin but off the wall i do about 13.8 in a 25 fly. As for the long SDK's like I said above I really don't do them a lot but I always try not to breath on the first stroke off the wall so doing less SDK's lets me do that better.
@funkyfish
Like I said I'm going to try and make the turns a lot faster. Also I think the relaxed approach would help me more. I always take the fly out at about 85 to 90% which is probably why i'm getting so drained at the end. I noticed once that i swam the first 50 (fly) of a 200IM in about 30.7 and that was very relaxed. When I did the medley relay my fly split was a 29.1 which frustrated me because i gave so much more effort. So i guess if i let myself take it out easy and breathe on the first 50 i should be better off for the second 50.
Once again thanks for all the great advice guys.
