the order for IM is
fl bk br fr
but if you could change up the order of the IM
there are 24 stroke order combinations to choose from
They are:
fl bk br fr IM order
fl bk fr br
fl br bk fr
fl br fr bk (i think this is the fastest order)
fl fr bk br
fl fr br bk
bk fl br fr medley order
bk fl fr br
bk br fl fr (this is probably the slowest order, because you get no flip from fly to free)
bk br fr fl (this might be the most painful order)
bk fr fl br
bk fr br fl
br fl bk fr
br fl fr bk (tyler thinks this is the fastest order)
br bk fl fr
br bk fr fl
br fr bk fl
br fr fl bk
fr fl bk br
fr fl br bk
fr bk br fl
fr bk fl br
fr br bk fl
fr br fl bk
If normal stroke rules apply:
Which order is the fastest?
Why?
Which order is the slowest?
Why?
Which order is most painful?
if you moved breastroke to first or second in order would breastrokers have less of an advantage in IMs than they do with the traditional order?
a pretty easy work out would be
24 x 100 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
More challenging might be
24 x 200 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
seriously challenging would be
24 x 400 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
Ande,
There is no need to wonder -in about a year from now, enter the
2011 Republic of Texas SCY World Championships and Shootout (formerly almost sponsored by Blueseventy who still hasn't come through)!
I agree in part with Tyler on the "fastest" order
*** first - you gain so much more from the dive and you are freshest;
Fly second - you are used to a double hand touch and turn;
whether free or back 3rd or 4th - we were not allowed flip turns from free to back; I think it is more relative - are you a better backstroker than the person next to you to hang on during the 2nd 50.
The breastroke girls were NOT happy with *** being first - they thought they would lose a lot of competitive advantage.
Whether you actually swim faster depends on who you are racing and can you still swim fast while giggling, and if you are mentally tough enough to remember the order of strokes and how you have to do the turns, which is harder than you might think! The order of events was announced during the last 15 minutes of warmup.
Since your sets are more than my total daily yardage, I would do this set as:
10 x 100's as follows:
Every third ALL OUT!!! Not workout all out, not a set of 4 all out but really decending, but ALL OUT!! Start with 1, 4, 7, and 10
So you are only doing 4 but a very fast 4.
Right before each one, have the coach randomly give you the order - it can be any order EXCEPT traditional IM order.
Every 2, 3 is easy free.
Optional dive.
Generous interval
I would immediately decide to take the next day off after hearing the set, as part of my motivation to really do it ALL OUT!
Ande,
There is no need to wonder -in about a year from now, enter the
2011 Republic of Texas SCY World Championships and Shootout (formerly almost sponsored by Blueseventy who still hasn't come through)!
I agree in part with Tyler on the "fastest" order
*** first - you gain so much more from the dive and you are freshest;
Fly second - you are used to a double hand touch and turn;
whether free or back 3rd or 4th - we were not allowed flip turns from free to back; I think it is more relative - are you a better backstroker than the person next to you to hang on during the 2nd 50.
The breastroke girls were NOT happy with *** being first - they thought they would lose a lot of competitive advantage.
Whether you actually swim faster depends on who you are racing and can you still swim fast while giggling, and if you are mentally tough enough to remember the order of strokes and how you have to do the turns, which is harder than you might think! The order of events was announced during the last 15 minutes of warmup.
Since your sets are more than my total daily yardage, I would do this set as:
10 x 100's as follows:
Every third ALL OUT!!! Not workout all out, not a set of 4 all out but really decending, but ALL OUT!! Start with 1, 4, 7, and 10
So you are only doing 4 but a very fast 4.
Right before each one, have the coach randomly give you the order - it can be any order EXCEPT traditional IM order.
Every 2, 3 is easy free.
Optional dive.
Generous interval
I would immediately decide to take the next day off after hearing the set, as part of my motivation to really do it ALL OUT!
