Hi!
i'm new here and this being my first post, i'm not sure on how to go about it; so i shall start from the beginning.
From May last year, i've began my quest to lower my freestyle 50m timing and have since worked on trying to attain a more stream line position of my body.
currently i can only barely reach 30secs and would really hope to lower it down to 23-24.. i really hope it is possible.
Please look at the videos in my youtube channel to give me pointers.
heres the link: Youtube Channel
Plz do help me =) ty in advance
Former Member
I looked at the videos of your swimming for the first time 2 minutes ago. Your body seems to be very low in the water. You have to apply a little more power in the catch to finish phase of your stroke.
Disagree. In a 50 free your turnover should be such that a hip-driven freestyle is not possible- everything except your shoulders should be relatively flat (e.g Popov). If your hips are keeping up with your arms, your turnover is too slow, or you were formerly a bellydancer. Most 50 freestylers have a shoulder-driven freestyle, where the shoulders move independently of the hips.
Wow. That is an incredibly succinct explanation of why I am terrible at the 50 free. I will ponder over this, and then :bed:
Cut breathing to one or two breathes.
You're one turn is very, very important. Be sure to turn quickly, utilize your momentum, and most importantly, streamline. Dolphin kick will make you faster, but you still should be able to be able to achieve mid 20's without it.
Working on these two things should be a good start to cutting down your time significantly. Great goal!
Good luck.
Your fastest speeds are attained when entering the water (dive) and when you push off walls.
I agree with this. My high school coach made it a point to tell me that we are faster under the water than on top of it, so spend the extra time practicing the short time you spend under the water for the sprint. Every turn/push off the wall with tight streamline and a powerful surface, you will be able to carry that momentum forward during the rest of the drag race.
Hello PEOPLE! i've just completed a time trial, and i'm very pleased to say that i've achieved a very very long and tiring 2 years goal. =) thank you guys for your inputs!
i'll try for another 2 years to hit a lower timing!
I do come back with yet another question:
I was wondering, whether the initial phase (from off-the-blocks till i surface out of the water) is the fastest speed that all sprint swimmers will ever reach for the 50m sprint. Or does the swimmer get faster when he does his strokes (taking fatigue out of the equation)?
Your fastest speeds are attained when entering the water (dive) and when you push off walls. Work on dives and turns perfecting streamline during the dives. Then take advantage of how you surface and your stroke technique to keep that speed up.
You will gradually lose speed through your underwater phase so you need to start swimming before your underwater becomes slower than your stroke.
If your breakout into the first stroke(s) is not smooth you will also slow down to below your swimming speed and will need to pick it up again.
So, ideally, from the point that you start swimming your speed should be consistent until you (a) turn or (b) fatigue.
