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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Originally posted by Draconis
Well, sorry to bring this old thread up again, but I can't resist it :D.
Wow Matthias, he took off over 12 seconds from his 50 *** in just 6 (? I think, seeing the posting dates) months! Wow, 35.72 from over 45. HOW did he do it?
And hooked-on-swimming as well as Matthias both mentioned working on technique. How does one work on that without a coach? I mean how can you tell the good technique from the bad technique if there's no one to correct your technique? How can I practice technique?
Are their massive chunks of time taken off mostly caused by improved techniques? I don't see either of them online anymore recently...
So, can anyone help? I want the improvement Matthias got, if not better! :D
hey draconis,
well, actually i'm now down to 35.52 aiming for 34.92 but well, I didn't happen to swim the last month because our pool closed down so just this little improvement of 0.2 the last three to four months.
How did I do it? Well, as you mentioned Dima and I both mentioned the importance of improving your technique. And yes, our "massive chunks of time" we have taken off are mainly due to our improving techniques. Breaststroke is one of the strokes where perfect technique is much more important than any other aspect (I do NOT say that technique is the only thing to work on.)
You can work on your technique even with out a coach. Heck, I have only enjoyed three month of coached workouts so far. (But I happened to find out that training in Sweden is the most fun :D )
Work on your technique by a lot of drill work and very slow swimming with perfect form. If you concentrate on swimming with the best possible form, you will surely find out what's holding you back from swimming faster faster.
Or (as I have done once) bring up a friend with a camcorder and let him tape you so you can review your stroke yourself. It is very helpfull as I found out. If I think how awful my stroke back than looked (May :-D ) and how fast it still was compared to my team mates than.
Or you could ask a life guard to give you some feedback. One life guard at my pool gave me a lot of hints when I was still learing freestyle.
Or you could ask an other swimmer at your pool who seems to have a good technique. Aks him AFTER he has finished his workout and he will probably spend some time to help you with your stroke.
And last but not least : Read Wayne's and Andy's articles on swimming. Those are the best articles on swimming and especially Wayne's breaststroke tips are second to none.
brgds
Matthias
Originally posted by Draconis
Well, sorry to bring this old thread up again, but I can't resist it :D.
Wow Matthias, he took off over 12 seconds from his 50 *** in just 6 (? I think, seeing the posting dates) months! Wow, 35.72 from over 45. HOW did he do it?
And hooked-on-swimming as well as Matthias both mentioned working on technique. How does one work on that without a coach? I mean how can you tell the good technique from the bad technique if there's no one to correct your technique? How can I practice technique?
Are their massive chunks of time taken off mostly caused by improved techniques? I don't see either of them online anymore recently...
So, can anyone help? I want the improvement Matthias got, if not better! :D
hey draconis,
well, actually i'm now down to 35.52 aiming for 34.92 but well, I didn't happen to swim the last month because our pool closed down so just this little improvement of 0.2 the last three to four months.
How did I do it? Well, as you mentioned Dima and I both mentioned the importance of improving your technique. And yes, our "massive chunks of time" we have taken off are mainly due to our improving techniques. Breaststroke is one of the strokes where perfect technique is much more important than any other aspect (I do NOT say that technique is the only thing to work on.)
You can work on your technique even with out a coach. Heck, I have only enjoyed three month of coached workouts so far. (But I happened to find out that training in Sweden is the most fun :D )
Work on your technique by a lot of drill work and very slow swimming with perfect form. If you concentrate on swimming with the best possible form, you will surely find out what's holding you back from swimming faster faster.
Or (as I have done once) bring up a friend with a camcorder and let him tape you so you can review your stroke yourself. It is very helpfull as I found out. If I think how awful my stroke back than looked (May :-D ) and how fast it still was compared to my team mates than.
Or you could ask a life guard to give you some feedback. One life guard at my pool gave me a lot of hints when I was still learing freestyle.
Or you could ask an other swimmer at your pool who seems to have a good technique. Aks him AFTER he has finished his workout and he will probably spend some time to help you with your stroke.
And last but not least : Read Wayne's and Andy's articles on swimming. Those are the best articles on swimming and especially Wayne's breaststroke tips are second to none.
brgds
Matthias
