Do most of the in-swimming-shape and experienced swimmers among you go all out for a whole 50 yards or is there some pacing? In other words are you going top speed the whole time? The reason I'm asking is that right now I can do 25 yards from a standstill in 13 seconds, but my best 50 yard time from a standstill is 33 seconds. (I'm a horrible diver at this point, but once I get my stroke in order I'll start working on that). Anyhow, is it reasonable for me to shoot for a 26 second 50 by just improving my endurance and flip turns, or is it like comparing 50's and 100's where a 50 time will always be less than half a hundred. Thanks for your thoughts.
I don't do a lot of sprinting, but once in a while give it a few shots just to see where I am. Unfortunately I'm unable to do a master's class because I work in shifts and would miss half of them, so I'm pretty much on my own trying to get better. :badday:
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It may be that mortals like ourselves lose some time with flip turns while the pros cut time? Your turn would have to be very very wrong for SC performances to be slower than LC performances.
Even an open turn is faster than no turn at all. All strokes usually benefit from a turn, *** and fly included.
If it can give you some clue. I've seen master newbies having a strong talent for sprinting. This talent is mostly explained by the fact that they are fast twitched. These masters can swim very fast with a perfectible technique. This poor technique means that their swim efficiency is rather limited. Typically, these guys can be bloody fast over 12.5m, fairly fast over 25, but their technique doesn't allow them to maintain that speed over 50m.
for these fast twitched newbies, duration/velocity curve (personal best times) from 25m to 100m could easily look as follow:
025m = 12.2
050m = 32.5
100m = 1:13.something
These times would not make sense for a swimmer having an efficient sprinting technique.
Not saying it's your case since we haven't seen any of your footage yet.
It may be that mortals like ourselves lose some time with flip turns while the pros cut time? Your turn would have to be very very wrong for SC performances to be slower than LC performances.
Even an open turn is faster than no turn at all. All strokes usually benefit from a turn, *** and fly included.
If it can give you some clue. I've seen master newbies having a strong talent for sprinting. This talent is mostly explained by the fact that they are fast twitched. These masters can swim very fast with a perfectible technique. This poor technique means that their swim efficiency is rather limited. Typically, these guys can be bloody fast over 12.5m, fairly fast over 25, but their technique doesn't allow them to maintain that speed over 50m.
for these fast twitched newbies, duration/velocity curve (personal best times) from 25m to 100m could easily look as follow:
025m = 12.2
050m = 32.5
100m = 1:13.something
These times would not make sense for a swimmer having an efficient sprinting technique.
Not saying it's your case since we haven't seen any of your footage yet.
