https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/9108/200-fly-after-400-freeOne guy that I&#39;m coaching wants to swim the 200 fly after swimming the 400 free (with 6-10 minutes in between). The meet is in 2 weeks, I told him that he should swim the 50 back, but he keeps saying that he always place better in the 200+ races... Soen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/143314?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 May 2010 15:51:13 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:268b558d-f00a-4bc2-8371-7c31dec1bc85Former MemberIt all depends on what his goals are. if it&#39;s just to man up and swim those 2 events with no expectations on time improvements or placing then sure, have him go for it. But he wants to position himself for a good performance, then pick one of those 2 events and swim the other one at a later meet. Is funny because I told him something very similar, he said that he wants to get as many points as possible, and the next 200 fly/400 free of the year at masters is only LCM. I remeber once I swam 800 free and then 200 fly (but with a long long long rest), I couldn&#39;t push myself during the 800 free because I was thinking about how much the next race was going to hurt :afraid:<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/143292?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 May 2010 10:21:19 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:81ac3b6d-5d38-4f4a-9eb0-882a5a8caa4apwolf66It all depends on what his goals are. if it&#39;s just to man up and swim those 2 events with no expectations on time improvements or placing then sure, have him go for it. But he wants to position himself for a good performance, then pick one of those 2 events and swim the other one at a later meet.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/143283?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 May 2010 09:37:16 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:37c48016-d3ef-49db-a058-6d48b565eae7SpeedoI didn&#39;t have to read past the title: no. tjrpatt may respond with his similar experience at Colony Zones last December- him swimming the 400 free prior was probably the sole reason I beat him in the 200 fly :)<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/143407?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 May 2010 04:00:33 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:99faae8e-ee69-4a64-a72f-aec358d31f87tjrpattIs funny because I told him something very similar, he said that he wants to get as many points as possible, and the next 200 fly/400 free of the year at masters is only LCM. I remeber once I swam 800 free and then 200 fly (but with a long long long rest), I couldn&#39;t push myself during the 800 free because I was thinking about how much the next race was going to hurt :afraid: I did the 400 SCM and 3 heats later, 200 SCM fly double and it never do it again at focus meets. I only did it because I thought that I would have a steller 400 free(I didn&#39;t) and did the 200 fly to get the Zone records(which I did even though I died on the 2nd lap). I did the 400 Yd IM and 25 minutes later 200 yard fly double. I will never do it again at focus meets. Now, I can do meets where these events are on different days. If it is not a focus meet, he should do it if he wants. He will learn.<div style="clear:both;"></div>