Have a question for any breaststrokers out there regarding glide time. I've always heard that when doing a distance event (200 ***) that it is better to increase your glide rather than try to sprint the entire event using much shorter glides is this true? Can someone please inform me as to the difference in using a longer glide rather than a shorter glide and are they both equal in terms of overall speed? Is this due to the swimmer becoming more fatigued using more of a sprint glide? Also, if a swimmer is capable of using a sprint glide for longer distances would it be better to do the 200 that way?
The rule of thumb is that you should end your glide when you get down to swimming speed.Since swimming speed is slower for a 200 than a 100 or 50 your glide should be longer.There is the confounding factor that time spent underwater is time spent not breathing and it is better to have a shorter glide than to breakout on the last turn with a gasp,but if you have trained to have a long glide on that last turn you should use it.
The rule of thumb is that you should end your glide when you get down to swimming speed.Since swimming speed is slower for a 200 than a 100 or 50 your glide should be longer.There is the confounding factor that time spent underwater is time spent not breathing and it is better to have a shorter glide than to breakout on the last turn with a gasp,but if you have trained to have a long glide on that last turn you should use it.
