Hey outthere,
I'm a 16yrs old youth and I'm currently working on some workouts to help me improving my time on 50m ***.
Regardless of some people warning me about it, I am selfcoaching and it seems to work as I cut off my 50 *** time by at least 15 secs. (I started with 1:08s in early Dec and just reached the 52,5secs yesterday)
As I usually go to the pool twice a week I would like to create a set of 4 different workouts with different focuses (endurance, sprint, technique e.g.) to avoid a routine and continue on going down the time ladder.
I already made up two workouts but also they seem to work as I can complete them fairly well if some on really knows some thing about the subject could have a look over them for me and correct them as nessacary and also help me with the rest of the workouts.
Btw I recently read that doing a lot of breaststroke isn't that good for the knees. Is that right? Does it mean that I should do less breaststroke in my workouts?
Thanks for ya help
Matthias
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As a breasstroke sprint, there are a few keys to quick sprinting that I think are important. The first is to stay loose. Especially in the groin! I have pulled my groin twice and its always a long road back. But I think it's very important to be loose because you want to have a quick but powerful turn over. You want every kick to be powerful and furious, but you want to recoil your legs back just as quickly.
Secondly, it is extremely important in *** that no matter how quick your turnover and kick rates are, you make sure you are completing the stroke. with every kick work on making sure you are lunging forward with your upper body, shooting your hands forward near or through the surface of the water, and allowing you neck and head to completely reach a position where you are naturally looking at the bottom of the pool. Only once you are in a complete stretched out glide position should you begin your pull and recoil. However, this should be done at a fast rate none the less. With practice and lactic acid tolerance, you will speed up.
As a breasstroke sprint, there are a few keys to quick sprinting that I think are important. The first is to stay loose. Especially in the groin! I have pulled my groin twice and its always a long road back. But I think it's very important to be loose because you want to have a quick but powerful turn over. You want every kick to be powerful and furious, but you want to recoil your legs back just as quickly.
Secondly, it is extremely important in *** that no matter how quick your turnover and kick rates are, you make sure you are completing the stroke. with every kick work on making sure you are lunging forward with your upper body, shooting your hands forward near or through the surface of the water, and allowing you neck and head to completely reach a position where you are naturally looking at the bottom of the pool. Only once you are in a complete stretched out glide position should you begin your pull and recoil. However, this should be done at a fast rate none the less. With practice and lactic acid tolerance, you will speed up.
