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
I dabbled in fly the last couple short course seasons, doing some short sets of high-effort 25's and racing the 50 fly in a couple meets. This year I've decided to give the 200 fly a try. I've worked up to doing 1000+ yard sets of fly that start as 50's (on a 1:10 interval, pacing ~:36.5) until the form starts to slip (usually around 8-10 repeats), resting briefly (~90 seconds), then going to 25's on :35 at ~:17.low pace. I can usually get into the 20's for # of repeats of 25's before the stroke starts to go. When I try to translate this to a continuous 200, though, it isn't working yet. I can swim a relaxed 100 and hold my form pretty well, but it really starts to go out the window after the 125 turn. Any ideas what else I could do to extend the range?
I dabbled in fly the last couple short course seasons, doing some short sets of high-effort 25's and racing the 50 fly in a couple meets. This year I've decided to give the 200 fly a try. I've worked up to doing 1000+ yard sets of fly that start as 50's (on a 1:10 interval, pacing ~:36.5) until the form starts to slip (usually around 8-10 repeats), resting briefly (~90 seconds), then going to 25's on :35 at ~:17.low pace. I can usually get into the 20's for # of repeats of 25's before the stroke starts to go. When I try to translate this to a continuous 200, though, it isn't working yet. I can swim a relaxed 100 and hold my form pretty well, but it really starts to go out the window after the 125 turn. Any ideas what else I could do to extend the range?
