Butterfly, beautiful to watch, difficult to train.
We SDK off every wall.
We're most likely to smack hands with each other and those beside us.
Fly's fun to sprint but no fun when the piano comes down
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Here are some more fly swim sets:
The Broken 100 Fly
Main element is
100 fly straight (within 10 seconds of goal meet time)
50 fly 10 sec 50 fly
50 fly 10 sec 25 fly 5 sec 25 fly
4 x 25 fly 5 secs on your count - you should be under your meet time subtract 15
interval is at least 4 minutes or more. easy swim in between. works really well with a partner or with 2 -3 max in lane and alternate groups of 2 going on the 2 or 2 1/2 minutes. then you can cheer for each other!
Build a 200 IM!
I love this set but we rarely do it. You can pick an interval, but I always liked the "key man" interval - like going on the 3 person plus 10, etc.
25 fly
50 fy
50 fly 25 back
50 fly 50 back
50 fly 50 back 25 *** and so on.
Wimpys can do it build it backwards from the freestyle and add onto the front.
The Moving 50 fly!
Sets of 100's with a 50 free/50 fly
You pick the intensity - either lots of rest & recovery or build a bit more endurance.
50 fly 50 free
25 free 50 fly 25 free
50 free 50 fly
25 fly 50 free 25 fly
I would do it as 2 min per 100; 2 x 50's recovery on 1 minute in between each. Bank the rest (so you are really leaving on the 4 minutes) and the key is to get as close to your 100 free practice time on each one.
Challenge 100 fly set!
5 x 100's
25 fly 75 free
50 fly 50 free
75 fly 25 free
100 easy
100 all out fly!
(Our coach's idea)
Add 25's fly!
12 x 25
4 x 25 easy free
1 fast fly
1 easy free repeat 4 times
30 sec interval
12 x 25's
4 x 25 easy free
2 fast fly 1 easy free
2 fast fly 1 easy freee
2 fast fly
35 sec interval
12 x 25's
3 fast 1 easy on the 40 interval
I don't know why we did the 4 x 25's easy. I think it was because there was a challenge conditioning set in between each, and I sat those out.
Was it Speedo that mentioned training for the 100 fly? My other two favorite sets for that are:
When everyone else is doing 200's pull, I do:
fast 75 fly
recovery 100 free
on the same interval, so about 1 fast 75 per 6 minutes. Goal time is right at where you would need to be at the 75 in race. Swim it as agressively as a 50 fly.
Here's one more:
100's free/fly, again a good rest interval, and really push the first 50 free and bring it home the 2nd 50 fly. I prefer to do back-half 50 flys because you don't have any trouble taking out the first 50 - it's bringing it home where I need the work!
Sneak 25 flys
As a practical matter, you can't always modify based on the # of people in a lane and the intervals. So another is move down a lane or two and do last 25 blast flys. Swim the first 75 strong to moderate, depending on where you place in the lane. Rest 5 seconds at the 75 and then absolutely blast that last 25 fly.
And finally,
The Get out 100 Fly!
No description necessary!
Here are some more fly swim sets:
The Broken 100 Fly
Main element is
100 fly straight (within 10 seconds of goal meet time)
50 fly 10 sec 50 fly
50 fly 10 sec 25 fly 5 sec 25 fly
4 x 25 fly 5 secs on your count - you should be under your meet time subtract 15
interval is at least 4 minutes or more. easy swim in between. works really well with a partner or with 2 -3 max in lane and alternate groups of 2 going on the 2 or 2 1/2 minutes. then you can cheer for each other!
Build a 200 IM!
I love this set but we rarely do it. You can pick an interval, but I always liked the "key man" interval - like going on the 3 person plus 10, etc.
25 fly
50 fy
50 fly 25 back
50 fly 50 back
50 fly 50 back 25 *** and so on.
Wimpys can do it build it backwards from the freestyle and add onto the front.
The Moving 50 fly!
Sets of 100's with a 50 free/50 fly
You pick the intensity - either lots of rest & recovery or build a bit more endurance.
50 fly 50 free
25 free 50 fly 25 free
50 free 50 fly
25 fly 50 free 25 fly
I would do it as 2 min per 100; 2 x 50's recovery on 1 minute in between each. Bank the rest (so you are really leaving on the 4 minutes) and the key is to get as close to your 100 free practice time on each one.
Challenge 100 fly set!
5 x 100's
25 fly 75 free
50 fly 50 free
75 fly 25 free
100 easy
100 all out fly!
(Our coach's idea)
Add 25's fly!
12 x 25
4 x 25 easy free
1 fast fly
1 easy free repeat 4 times
30 sec interval
12 x 25's
4 x 25 easy free
2 fast fly 1 easy free
2 fast fly 1 easy freee
2 fast fly
35 sec interval
12 x 25's
3 fast 1 easy on the 40 interval
I don't know why we did the 4 x 25's easy. I think it was because there was a challenge conditioning set in between each, and I sat those out.
Was it Speedo that mentioned training for the 100 fly? My other two favorite sets for that are:
When everyone else is doing 200's pull, I do:
fast 75 fly
recovery 100 free
on the same interval, so about 1 fast 75 per 6 minutes. Goal time is right at where you would need to be at the 75 in race. Swim it as agressively as a 50 fly.
Here's one more:
100's free/fly, again a good rest interval, and really push the first 50 free and bring it home the 2nd 50 fly. I prefer to do back-half 50 flys because you don't have any trouble taking out the first 50 - it's bringing it home where I need the work!
Sneak 25 flys
As a practical matter, you can't always modify based on the # of people in a lane and the intervals. So another is move down a lane or two and do last 25 blast flys. Swim the first 75 strong to moderate, depending on where you place in the lane. Rest 5 seconds at the 75 and then absolutely blast that last 25 fly.
And finally,
The Get out 100 Fly!
No description necessary!