I just watched a great video entitled Swim Slow to Be Fast. I found it to be very interesting and sound advice. It is primarily meant for Tri Atheletes and distance swimmers..
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There isn't one single world class triathlete, elite master swimmer or world record holder who has poor technique. Few coaches will deny that the key to fast swimming is training fast but unless you have an effective swimming technique the only thing you'll reach by training faster is mediocrity. The beginner or poor swimmer should use a majority of their training time on improving their technique and when they get more proficient add more yardage and more sprinting. I know most of us get it so I'll leave it at that.
I forgot. How are we defining an elite masters swimmer? Thx.
This thread title caught my attention in that I do think there is something to it. . . I completely loafed (meaning I purposely went slow and did not worry about speed at all) my 200 IM (10th event of a 2 day meet) and just focused on technique. Went my best time of 2:15 (yeah, nothing to write home about I know). Husband caught on video and my *great techinque* was still probably about a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 an improvement from my usual 1 or 2). So there is something about swimming slow - or rather, not focusing on speed at all and just thinking about walls and technique. . .
There isn't one single world class triathlete, elite master swimmer or world record holder who has poor technique. Few coaches will deny that the key to fast swimming is training fast but unless you have an effective swimming technique the only thing you'll reach by training faster is mediocrity. The beginner or poor swimmer should use a majority of their training time on improving their technique and when they get more proficient add more yardage and more sprinting. I know most of us get it so I'll leave it at that.
I forgot. How are we defining an elite masters swimmer? Thx.
This thread title caught my attention in that I do think there is something to it. . . I completely loafed (meaning I purposely went slow and did not worry about speed at all) my 200 IM (10th event of a 2 day meet) and just focused on technique. Went my best time of 2:15 (yeah, nothing to write home about I know). Husband caught on video and my *great techinque* was still probably about a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 an improvement from my usual 1 or 2). So there is something about swimming slow - or rather, not focusing on speed at all and just thinking about walls and technique. . .
