For any/all strokes, how do you maintain timing and form while swimming much less than 100%? It has been mentioned (sorry I forgot who said it) that a lot of swimmers have only one speed. Well it's true for me. *** doesn't work unless I pull hard enough to get out of the water for breathing. I can coast/glide for a few seconds but that's it. Free, do you pull slowly or do you coast somewhere in the cycle?
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I have 3 speeds for free... sprint... free with kick... and free without kick. Free without kick is 90% of my practices and even trying to slow down for cooldown swims i'm going like 1:35-1:40 per 100 SCM. If I really almost stop pulling and let myself sink I can slow down to a 1:45-1:50 pace but that's about as slow as it gets for me. :cane: Doing this is really the only way I break timing. Otherwise no matter what speed I kindof involuntarily maintain timing as habit.
I have 3 speeds for free... sprint... free with kick... and free without kick. Free without kick is 90% of my practices and even trying to slow down for cooldown swims i'm going like 1:35-1:40 per 100 SCM. If I really almost stop pulling and let myself sink I can slow down to a 1:45-1:50 pace but that's about as slow as it gets for me. :cane: Doing this is really the only way I break timing. Otherwise no matter what speed I kindof involuntarily maintain timing as habit.
