I know that there are sites/programs and maybe even tables out there for converting times from yards to meters.
But do they work for everyone?
last april I was able to swim a 200 yard pushing it hard but not max for a 2:03 which according to one site would mean I could swim roughly 2:17 at practice in a meters pool. today i pushed a 200 and hit the wall at 2:25 or so.
I started thinking about it for the rest of practice and decided that my yards times are much faster than my meters time converted because my body type benefits greatly from taking 2-4 less strokes/length as well as getting that break on the turn earlier.
anyone have recent times in yards and meters that could test any of the converting sites and see if they are even close.
here's the one I use more often
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
It's difficult to convert times from one course to another course.
2:03 200 scy is faster than 2:25 LCM
Short course has twice as many turns and push offs, the fastest you're ever going to move in a swimming race is when you're streamlined and you've just pushed off the wall. Your speed and distance depends on
your size, shape, and mass along with how hard and how well you push off.
Most swimmers are usually faster SCM than they are in LCM, unless they have terrible turns and push offs.
1 yard is 36 inches; 1 meter is 39.3700787 inches
39.3700787 divided by 36 = 1.0936133
As an example
Cesar Cielo's US Open Record in the mens 100 yard freestyle is 40.92
YouTube - The Fastest 100 yard Freestyle EVER!
Cesar's 100 long course meter freestyle world record is 46.91
YouTube - Cesar Cielo BRASIL (46.91) 100 m livre new world record Roma 2009
46.91 / 40.92 = 1.1464
so there's a 14.64% time difference for him when we compare his best LCM time with his best SCY time
(his 46.91 is probably a faster swim, he definitely wore a faster suit.)
(So converting times not as simple as comparing the mathmatical difference of meters to yards to come up with a conversion factor)
Amaury Leveaux's world record in the 100 SCM free is 44.94
YouTube - Amaury Leveaux - WR- 44.94 -100m Freestyle - Rijeka
46.91 / 44.94 = 1.0438
it also vary's from stroke to stroke and for men and women.
MEN
50 free LCM/SCM 20.91 20.30 1.030
50 back LCM/SCM 24.04 22.61 1.063
50 *** LCM/SCM 26.67 25.25 1.056
50 fly LCM/SCM 22.43 21.80 1.0289
WOMEN
50 free LCM/SCM 23.73 23.25 1.0206
50 back LCM/SCM 27.06 25.70 1.0529
50 *** LCM/SCM 29.80 28.80 1.0347
50 fly LCM/SCM 25.07 24.38 1.0283
There's plenty of swimmers who do well short course and not as well long course. Fewer who do well long course and not as well short course.
Given one time in one course,
how would your time compare for the same event in another course?
IT DEPENDS
Swim both around the same time (as in days or weeks) and find out for yourself.
I know that there are sites/programs and maybe even tables out there for converting times from yards to meters.
But do they work for everyone?
last april I was able to swim a 200 yard pushing it hard but not max for a 2:03 which according to one site would mean I could swim roughly 2:17 at practice in a meters pool. today i pushed a 200 and hit the wall at 2:25 or so.
I started thinking about it for the rest of practice and decided that my yards times are much faster than my meters time converted because my body type benefits greatly from taking 2-4 less strokes/length as well as getting that break on the turn earlier.
anyone have recent times in yards and meters that could test any of the converting sites and see if they are even close.
here's the one I use more often
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
It's difficult to convert times from one course to another course.
2:03 200 scy is faster than 2:25 LCM
Short course has twice as many turns and push offs, the fastest you're ever going to move in a swimming race is when you're streamlined and you've just pushed off the wall. Your speed and distance depends on
your size, shape, and mass along with how hard and how well you push off.
Most swimmers are usually faster SCM than they are in LCM, unless they have terrible turns and push offs.
1 yard is 36 inches; 1 meter is 39.3700787 inches
39.3700787 divided by 36 = 1.0936133
As an example
Cesar Cielo's US Open Record in the mens 100 yard freestyle is 40.92
YouTube - The Fastest 100 yard Freestyle EVER!
Cesar's 100 long course meter freestyle world record is 46.91
YouTube - Cesar Cielo BRASIL (46.91) 100 m livre new world record Roma 2009
46.91 / 40.92 = 1.1464
so there's a 14.64% time difference for him when we compare his best LCM time with his best SCY time
(his 46.91 is probably a faster swim, he definitely wore a faster suit.)
(So converting times not as simple as comparing the mathmatical difference of meters to yards to come up with a conversion factor)
Amaury Leveaux's world record in the 100 SCM free is 44.94
YouTube - Amaury Leveaux - WR- 44.94 -100m Freestyle - Rijeka
46.91 / 44.94 = 1.0438
it also vary's from stroke to stroke and for men and women.
MEN
50 free LCM/SCM 20.91 20.30 1.030
50 back LCM/SCM 24.04 22.61 1.063
50 *** LCM/SCM 26.67 25.25 1.056
50 fly LCM/SCM 22.43 21.80 1.0289
WOMEN
50 free LCM/SCM 23.73 23.25 1.0206
50 back LCM/SCM 27.06 25.70 1.0529
50 *** LCM/SCM 29.80 28.80 1.0347
50 fly LCM/SCM 25.07 24.38 1.0283
There's plenty of swimmers who do well short course and not as well long course. Fewer who do well long course and not as well short course.
Given one time in one course,
how would your time compare for the same event in another course?
IT DEPENDS
Swim both around the same time (as in days or weeks) and find out for yourself.
I know that there are sites/programs and maybe even tables out there for converting times from yards to meters.
But do they work for everyone?
last april I was able to swim a 200 yard pushing it hard but not max for a 2:03 which according to one site would mean I could swim roughly 2:17 at practice in a meters pool. today i pushed a 200 and hit the wall at 2:25 or so.
I started thinking about it for the rest of practice and decided that my yards times are much faster than my meters time converted because my body type benefits greatly from taking 2-4 less strokes/length as well as getting that break on the turn earlier.
anyone have recent times in yards and meters that could test any of the converting sites and see if they are even close.
here's the one I use more often
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
