Hey, solo swimmers! :wave: Welcome to the thread for all of us who train solo. Whether you train on your own due to a lack of a Masters team in your area (or for any other reason), this is our virtual locker room. Please post training tips that you think would be helpful, or anything else you would like to share with the rest of us. Have a rant? Go ahead and vent here! :rantonoff:
I'll start with a tip:
The most frustrating thing for me training solo is not having a coach on deck to evaluate my stroke and keep me on track, so I bought a waterproof camera and enlisted the help of my husband to periodically shoot video of all four strokes. Shooting underwater video became a knee/back buster, so I bought a camera mount and attached it to PVC pipe, so my husband could stand up straight to shoot underwater video. The camera gets dunked underwater, and he twists the pipe to pan the camera as I swim by.
Today, I bought a 2-pack of 12-inch "Gear Tie" reusable rubber twist ties (available at Home Depot), so I can tie the PVC pipe to the pool ladder (located in the corner of the pool) and shoot video myself. (If I angle the camera just right and keep it on wide angle, I can video me coming and going.)
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After each video session, I upload the videos to my desktop computer and compare my stroke to my favorite Go Swim stroke videos to see what I'm doing well (or not). I also post them on the Forums for feedback.
Ok, solo swimmers, what's your tip?
I just read that Adam Peatty was a poor freestyler as a kid but the coach noticed his breaststroke. I think us breaststrokers are ok to do other strokes as well since you use other muscle groups but some of us are built more for breaststroke.
Never could do *** worth a crap. My daughter inherited my capabilities (only a LOT better). About a year and a half ago, she wanted to improve her IM. Her 50 times were in the neighborhood of 27 for free, 28 for fly, 30 for back........and 46 for ***. We got her lessons focused exclusively on that, and got her down to I think 38 pretty quickly. But she still has never gotten below a 36.42. Now she's 13, so doing 100's. Her best is a 1:19.01. The girls close to her on the IM's are doing 1:05-06's. She's a AAAA flyer, and AAA in back and free........and BB in ***. Her *** stroke peers are like AAAA in ***, but A to AA in the other strokes. Seems that's why IM's seem to be going to *** strokers, they are great in that, and good in others, whereas non-*** strokers are good/great in others, and just stink in ***.
I just read that Adam Peatty was a poor freestyler as a kid but the coach noticed his breaststroke. I think us breaststrokers are ok to do other strokes as well since you use other muscle groups but some of us are built more for breaststroke.
Never could do *** worth a crap. My daughter inherited my capabilities (only a LOT better). About a year and a half ago, she wanted to improve her IM. Her 50 times were in the neighborhood of 27 for free, 28 for fly, 30 for back........and 46 for ***. We got her lessons focused exclusively on that, and got her down to I think 38 pretty quickly. But she still has never gotten below a 36.42. Now she's 13, so doing 100's. Her best is a 1:19.01. The girls close to her on the IM's are doing 1:05-06's. She's a AAAA flyer, and AAA in back and free........and BB in ***. Her *** stroke peers are like AAAA in ***, but A to AA in the other strokes. Seems that's why IM's seem to be going to *** strokers, they are great in that, and good in others, whereas non-*** strokers are good/great in others, and just stink in ***.
