The Butterfly Lane

200 BUTTERFLY SWIM FAST TRY TO GO 2:08 OR FASTER That's a very impressive set. I would be on the slower interval, no doubt. What did you go for that last 2fly?

YES this is what we're hoping to avoid. Greg Shaw will never forget the first time he tried to set a world-record pace in the 200-meter butterfly during a national Masters meet in Cleveland. The 56-year-old was far ahead of the other swimmers in the Olympic-sized pool and had just flip-turned to complete his last 50-meter lap. "Suddenly, my whole body turned into a lead weight," he says. "I couldn't even lift my arms out of the water. After that I looked like the most pitiful swimmer trying to perform the butterfly. It was so bad everyone clapped when I got out of the pool." If you have not read it, a short story about Greg Shaw's training for his 200 fly world record, can be read here: www.masters-athlete.com/.../487.cfm I have started doing more sets with different amounts of drill/fly and I think it has helped. I will know more after Atlanta.

Here is practice I had this morning. Did the faster interval. Obviously I am not on taper just yet! #1 Friday, April 30, 2010 AM WARMUP 400 FREE SMOOTH SWIM 4 X 100 IM DRILL OR SWIM @ :10 REST 4 X 50 KICK WITH A BOARD DESCEND 1-4 600 PULL BREATHING 3/5 BY 100, DESCEND YOUR 200s Flyers 100 LAST 25 IS FLY @ 1:10/ 1:20 300 LAST 50 IS FLY @ 3:30/ 4:00 500 LAST 100 IS FLY @ 5:50/ 6:40 700 LAST 200 IS FLY @ 8:10/9:20 800 FIRST AND LAST 100 ARE FLY, MAKE LAST ONE FASTER @ 9:40 / 10:20 600 FIRST AND LAST 100 ARE FLY, MAKE LAST ONE FASTER @ 7:20 / 8:00 400 FIRST AND LAST 100 ARE FLY, MAKE LAST ONE FASTER @ 5:00 / 5:20 200 BUTTERFLY SWIM FAST TRY TO GO 2:08 OR FASTER

here's a decent 50 fly YouTube- Milorad Cavic, 50 m Zlatna Medalja ,Rim 2009.

here's a decent 50 fly YouTube- Milorad Cavic, 50 m Zlatna Medalja ,Rim 2009. Michael Phelps: height: 6'4", wingspan: 6'7" Milorad Cavic: height: 6'6", wingspan: not listed on Wikipedia, clearly large That Guy: height: 5'8", wingspan: no so one of my training goals this year is to get 8 inches taller

Michael Phelps: height: 6'4", wingspan: 6'7" Milorad Cavic: height: 6'6", wingspan: not listed on Wikipedia, clearly large That Guy: height: 5'8", wingspan: no so one of my training goals this year is to get 8 inches taller Too darn funny! Let me know how well you do at this goal. There are many, many fast flyers who are not tall. You among them.

Michael Phelps: height: 6'4", wingspan: 6'7" Milorad Cavic: height: 6'6", wingspan: not listed on Wikipedia, clearly large That Guy: height: 5'8", wingspan: no so one of my training goals this year is to get 8 inches taller The guy that got 2nd at the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 200 fly might have been your height. Heck, I have a T-Rex wingspan and I was able to do a 2:13 200 LCM fly(1995) in my age group days.

Another Masters swimmer who trains at the same gym I do told me that he doesn't like swimming fly there because the lanes are narrow and he can hit both of his hands on lanelines at the same time. Although the lanes are indeed narrow, hitting both hands on lanelines is not a problem that ever even would have occurred to me. MJ: It's going great, I've already gotten 20 inches taller! Wait... scratch that, I was standing on a table... subtract the difference... I'm 10 inches shorter??? There's gotta be a silver lining here. If I shave down for every meet, I can enter as 12&U! :banana:

That's a great idea: instead of using age groups, we should compete in height categories. It wouldn't work well for me, though: I'm over 6 feet tall, and have monkey arms, but am definitely not a fast butterflyer.

I cant believe the butterfly lane is getting their a$$ kicked by the breaststroke lane. They have 2,000 more views and here I thought that was the evil stroke. Time for the fliers to catch up, we cant let breaststrokers beat us! Meaningless thread stats do not concern me! As noted in the SDK thread, I've entered breaststroke events and beaten some of them at their own game, even though anyone can plainly see that I do not have a feel for the water with that stroke. (Someday I'll figure it out... maybe... :badday:) Other than Allen Stark, I don't see breaststrokers regularly throwing down in the fly events. I'm planning to swim the 200 LCM *** this summer to see if I can steal a top 10. No one from the mainland will be able to drive to LCM Nationals so I'm guessing attendance will be lower than usual and LCM top tens will be easier to get than they were last year. Also, it's been 4 years since I last swam the 200 SCM ***... might have to swim that in the fall in case enough of the fast breaststrokers are afraid to swim it... seriously, how funny would it be if I manage to get a breaststroke top ten?