Practice short course yards conversion to long course meters

Former Member over 15 years ago

I swam on a Houston swim team (Gulf Swimming) until I was 17. Got tired of the whole thing, but now I'm 24 now and have been swimming again for a year (joined a water polo club as well). I train by myself in an indoor pool (short course, yards). Sprinter, freestyle only. For 50 yards free, without a dive or competition, I can do about 24 seconds. For 100 yards free, 54 seconds. I converted via an online calculator and found that equals >28s in the 50 m free and >1:03 in the 100 m free. Supposing this is the best I can do in practice, what would my times be for an actual meet? I'd like to find out eventually, but for now an estimate will do.

SonicJeff over 15 years ago

Subtract 1.5 seconds from your times to allow for the dive and that should give you a good estimate.
Allen Stark over 15 years ago

I suggest you post this under swimming instead of workouts and you will get more replies.I think there is not a good way to convert workout times to meet times as some people are much better at meets and some are only a little better.