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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I don't think you should pace a 50. The mechanisms that give the muscles energy change during the race but at each moment you should put in as much effort as possible while maintaining proper form. It looks the the pros don't even really pace 100s:
" The fastest sprinters in the world do not really pace the 100. The first 50 split is within a second of their best 50 time. When you take away the time it takes to turn you are looking at only a couple tenths of a second slower. That means the first 50 is approximately 98% effort so you definitely need endurance to finish off the race." - Jason Lezak
If you look at the 2009 world championships, Cesar Cielo Filho's 100m free 50 split was 22.17 seconds and his 50 free was a bit over a second faster at 21.08.
www.omegatiming.com/.../C73A1_Res1Heat_127_Finals_1_Men_50_Free.pdfwww.omegatiming.com/.../C73A1_Res1Heat_119_Finals_1_Men_100_Free.pdf
I don't think you should pace a 50. The mechanisms that give the muscles energy change during the race but at each moment you should put in as much effort as possible while maintaining proper form. It looks the the pros don't even really pace 100s:
" The fastest sprinters in the world do not really pace the 100. The first 50 split is within a second of their best 50 time. When you take away the time it takes to turn you are looking at only a couple tenths of a second slower. That means the first 50 is approximately 98% effort so you definitely need endurance to finish off the race." - Jason Lezak
If you look at the 2009 world championships, Cesar Cielo Filho's 100m free 50 split was 22.17 seconds and his 50 free was a bit over a second faster at 21.08.
www.omegatiming.com/.../C73A1_Res1Heat_127_Finals_1_Men_50_Free.pdfwww.omegatiming.com/.../C73A1_Res1Heat_119_Finals_1_Men_100_Free.pdf
