One topic of great interest to us all is
"What do you need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"
"What do you need to do to significantly improve your swimming times over one season?"
Do you have any specific, nitty gritty type suggestions.
I think it's really easy to fall into ruts, to just show up and go through the motions rather than seizing the moment while we train.
Any one have any thoughts on what we need to do to significantly improve?
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let us know what kind of training times you're doing with your new technique, 25's, 50's, 75's, 100's, 150's, and 200.
ande
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
To Blue Horn:
Once you switch to a 6-beat kick I am POSITIVE you will see some major improvement.I have been doing it for a while but the key is also to do it right!It got a lot better recently and I feel as if in heaven when swimming free now.It pretty much improved my entire freestyle performance, including my endurance.Weird?Once I got my six-beat to be natural and rhythmic, I feel like my legs do not work much anymore and it is not nearly as hard as it used to be to make intervals and stuff.I think what happened is the improved kick gave me a chance to take of some stress from my hands and shoulders, 'cause I swim with a better rhythm and streamline, so the amont of work on my hands did not exactly change, but with a better way of going through water with the help of the better kick it feels GREAT!So to those who diminish the improtance of a kick, I can say: YOU ARE WRONG!
P.S. Work on your kick, it might feel awkward and hard first but it will get easy some day, just believe in it...
let us know what kind of training times you're doing with your new technique, 25's, 50's, 75's, 100's, 150's, and 200.
ande
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
To Blue Horn:
Once you switch to a 6-beat kick I am POSITIVE you will see some major improvement.I have been doing it for a while but the key is also to do it right!It got a lot better recently and I feel as if in heaven when swimming free now.It pretty much improved my entire freestyle performance, including my endurance.Weird?Once I got my six-beat to be natural and rhythmic, I feel like my legs do not work much anymore and it is not nearly as hard as it used to be to make intervals and stuff.I think what happened is the improved kick gave me a chance to take of some stress from my hands and shoulders, 'cause I swim with a better rhythm and streamline, so the amont of work on my hands did not exactly change, but with a better way of going through water with the help of the better kick it feels GREAT!So to those who diminish the improtance of a kick, I can say: YOU ARE WRONG!
P.S. Work on your kick, it might feel awkward and hard first but it will get easy some day, just believe in it...
