I started swimming "seriously" about a year ago and usually swim 4-5x a week (one hour workouts) with my local masters team. I'm already pretty fast, but I am trying to make the jump to being very fast. Since I'm fairly new to swimming, I'm not really sure what would give me the best results: more volume or more drills/power work or both? Would doing dryland training help too? Perhaps doing longer workouts? I really don't know much about training theory etc when it comes to swimming, so if anyone could offer some insight or point out some good articles or books that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Welcome.
In a short answer - yes to all of the above.
Read Ande's Swim Faster Faster Tips here on the forum - there are more than 250 of them, find a few key ones that resonate with you and go with them. Read the blogs for workout tips, steal them, use them - there are some super fast folks across the forumites so its a great place to pick up some great ideas.
Keep track of what you do in your workouts, write down your times - anything that you measure can be improved.
Good luck and visit often.
if anyone could offer some insight or point out some good articles or books that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Sweetenham's Championship Swim Training
Magilscho's Swimming Fastest
