The Sprint Free Lane
If you could be a sprinter, you would.
We get more rest.
We don't train as far but we go faster.
Every move matters.
We're fast twitch. We're strong. We're fierce.
It's adrenalin
We get the glory
50's & 100's are our thing, we wish we could race 25's & 75's, we think of 200's as distance & tend to split longer races quite badly because we have no sense of pace. But it proves to ourselves, our coaches & friends that we have absolutely no business in any race over a 100.
100m Freestyle world record, Cesar Cielo Filho - YouTube
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I am swimming for 30 mins before work a few days a week in the fast lane of a busy public pool. I find the easiest thing to do is a quick one length sprint when circumstances permit - I cant do them off a regular time due to invading breastrokers, slow bobblers, and those who think the middle of the lane is for the slowest swimmers to stop other overtaking .... nuff said
As a result I am looking at the optimum minor technical changes between swimming a 25m length or 50m , as opposed to say a 100m. There is no easily visible second clock so I am having to go by feel of how I am doing
What beneficial changes have you noticed to your stroke technique when you have sprinted faster ? Ideas please
Increased tempo obviously, but should I maintain the same stroke length as well, which seems difficult? Increased tempo also seems to mean I rotate less - is this an issue ? when I speed up I seem to swim flatter- does this go with the territory ? should I begin the catch a bit earlier ? is there really different ultra sprint stroke?
Sprinters
I am swimming for 30 mins before work a few days a week in the fast lane of a busy public pool. I find the easiest thing to do is a quick one length sprint when circumstances permit - I cant do them off a regular time due to invading breastrokers, slow bobblers, and those who think the middle of the lane is for the slowest swimmers to stop other overtaking .... nuff said
As a result I am looking at the optimum minor technical changes between swimming a 25m length or 50m , as opposed to say a 100m. There is no easily visible second clock so I am having to go by feel of how I am doing
What beneficial changes have you noticed to your stroke technique when you have sprinted faster ? Ideas please
Increased tempo obviously, but should I maintain the same stroke length as well, which seems difficult? Increased tempo also seems to mean I rotate less - is this an issue ? when I speed up I seem to swim flatter- does this go with the territory ? should I begin the catch a bit earlier ? is there really different ultra sprint stroke?
