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
There was a quote recently from a former Olympic 200 flyer (from the Spitz era, but not Spitz) who said something to the effect of, "you need to sleep the 1st 100." I cannot over-emphasize how easy you must strive to make that 1st 100 of a 200 fly feel, especially long course. I'd even suggest that, for your first attempt, you think about positively loafing for about 175M and then, and only then, try to put some level of effort into it. Take long, languid, breath-filled turns ... maybe even going so far as to flash a smile to the stroke and turn judge while you gulp some air. Try to glide as long as possible, maybe do a few extra kicks between strokes.
Here's a post where I explain how I get myself into sleep mode in the 200 fly and 400 IM: U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Butterfly Dryland Question
For the 200 fly I usually approach the event as 125 easy-75 hard for short course and 150 easy-50 hard for long course. When I raced the 200 SCM last weekend, I had planned on 125-75, but changed my plan mid-race and did 150-50 instead. That worked out fine. If it had started raining pianos in there, I could have instituted further damage control measures (175-25 or even 200-0). :afraid:
There was a quote recently from a former Olympic 200 flyer (from the Spitz era, but not Spitz) who said something to the effect of, "you need to sleep the 1st 100." I cannot over-emphasize how easy you must strive to make that 1st 100 of a 200 fly feel, especially long course. I'd even suggest that, for your first attempt, you think about positively loafing for about 175M and then, and only then, try to put some level of effort into it. Take long, languid, breath-filled turns ... maybe even going so far as to flash a smile to the stroke and turn judge while you gulp some air. Try to glide as long as possible, maybe do a few extra kicks between strokes.
Here's a post where I explain how I get myself into sleep mode in the 200 fly and 400 IM: U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Butterfly Dryland Question
For the 200 fly I usually approach the event as 125 easy-75 hard for short course and 150 easy-50 hard for long course. When I raced the 200 SCM last weekend, I had planned on 125-75, but changed my plan mid-race and did 150-50 instead. That worked out fine. If it had started raining pianos in there, I could have instituted further damage control measures (175-25 or even 200-0). :afraid:
