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
I figure adding 10% is a pretty good approximation for SCY to SCM. As Ande noted a meter is only 9% longer than a yard, but when you also figure in that you are swimming slightly longer time-wise in meters you need to add in a little more. If you are a great underwater swimmer and use nearly the full 15 meters off every wall you should be considerably more than 10% faster in yards. You're allowed to swim 60% of the race underwater in SCM, but almost 66% of the race underwater in SCY, after all!
I figure adding 10% is a pretty good approximation for SCY to SCM. As Ande noted a meter is only 9% longer than a yard, but when you also figure in that you are swimming slightly longer time-wise in meters you need to add in a little more. If you are a great underwater swimmer and use nearly the full 15 meters off every wall you should be considerably more than 10% faster in yards. You're allowed to swim 60% of the race underwater in SCM, but almost 66% of the race underwater in SCY, after all!
