Absent technique improvement, I am wondering if each swimmer has a ceiling that can never really be broken once a minimal amount of training has occurred. This is my theory based on my own swimming experience over the last year.
No matter how fast I flail my arms the result in the 50 free always seems to be the same - 28.5, 29.2, 28.7. Seems like a random result +- 0.5 seconds. :frustrated:
Can someone with those kinds of results ever eventually go 26 something just by training harder, doing more and more sprints, etc.. I would hope to hear that is a possibility even though I know I have some fundamental flaws.
My starts are absolutely horrid. But in reality the 50 free is not what I care about. I just want to break 1:00 in the 100 and realize it is an impossibility if I can't swim a 50 under 27.
I would start working on your starts and turns. Get that tight streamline and push off the wall down. Then work on fewer breaths. This is what I'm working on with my coach. As a distance swimmer, my 50 free has gone down in time with these few changes.
My starts are absolutely horrid. But in reality the 50 free is not what I care about. I just want to break 1:00 in the 100 and realize it is an impossibility if I can't swim a 50 under 27.
I would start working on your starts and turns. Get that tight streamline and push off the wall down. Then work on fewer breaths. This is what I'm working on with my coach. As a distance swimmer, my 50 free has gone down in time with these few changes.
