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
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Women's Locker Room
Men's Locker Room
I dunno if there's gonna be much reply in this lane... after the "50's arent real races" thread it would seem there's more people against 'us' than I ever imagined.
I think there were more people "with" you than against you.
Anyway, this SHOULD be a lively thread. Since sprinters apparently spend so little time training, think of all the time you have to post! :bolt:
I dunno if there's gonna be much reply in this lane... after the "50's arent real races" thread it would seem there's more people against 'us' than I ever imagined.
How does one know when their kick is essentially as good as it can get for sprint freestyle events? Is there an upper bound or end goal for working on one's flutter kick?
keep doing the "help my flutter kick is horrible" program until
you can flutter kick 50 yards with a board
under 27 if you're male or
under 30 if you're female
everybody can improve their kick and it's well worth your time to improve it
How does one know when their kick is essentially as good as it can get for sprint freestyle events?
Is there an upper bound or end goal for working on one's flutter kick?
keep doing the "help my flutter kick is horrible" program until
you can flutter kick 50 yards with a board
under 27 if you're male or
under 30 if you're female
everybody can improve their kick and it's well worth your time to improve itCrikey- 8 more seconds...?!? I know you dive and flip w/the board sometimes Ande- what about from a push and one stroke at the turn?
Don't say 27 or I'm drivin' to Austin.
keep doing the "help my flutter kick is horrible" program until
you can flutter kick 50 yards with a board
under 27 if you're male or
under 30 if you're female
everybody can improve their kick and it's well worth your time to improve it
Thanks ... I'll do this next practice and see where i'm at :)
Ok... since i rarely do sprint flutter kicks, i started with a sprint 25 flutter to see where i'm at and took about 2 min rest and kicked the 50 sprint.
Both from a push
25m sprint flutter with a board was 17 sec
50m sprint flutter with a board (hand touch turn) was a 37-38 but I could tell the last quarter of the 50 was legs going numb hehe. Based on the 28% i should be at 29.5ish 50scy so 37-38 scm isn't too far off. I kinda wish i had a LCM pool to try this in since i ate my own huge waves on the turn. I'll start the flutter kick workout once a week and see where it goes from there. I can't help but think if i had taken more rest i could've gone 35-36 today... plus i was wearing two drag suits :)
Where is the optimal depth for sprint kicks? It's really hard to keep the feet completely submerged. I've always been told the heels can be out but feet under the surface. Is this still correct?
I say still because all of this stuff seems to change. Same with that video earlier... I thought the "S curve" pull on freestyle was old school?
