GoSwim GoldBreaking 27 in 50 Free
Start New Topic|
Does anyone have any tips on helping me break 27 seconds in my 50 Free? I already stretch out my arm pretty well, and my kicking is all right, but does anyone have any tips on how to get in the 26 seconds margin? |
|
|
one thing that helped me improve my fly and free sprints was improving my stamina. I did so because I learned that surfacing in order to breathe actually lowers your speed quite a lot (I once heard that freestyle sprinters surface only one or two times in a race).
Another tip I could suggest is to improve your start and underwater phase.
The underwater phase is the second quickest part of the race. It is also an economical phase because dolphin kicks only involves the legs and the abs and allows your hands to rest a little more.
My starting technique: kick for as far as you can, but do start "normal" swimming before you need to breathe (for I found that breathing during your first stroke cycle, when your legs are a bit lower than your hands and torso creates drag that will cause you to lose speed. This also takes us back to the first tip). Hope this was useful for you. |
|
|
You might want to have a look at this: http://www.goswim.tv/entries/5641/sports-s... |
silvosulej
Gal
HiFi
Please 
Voices
silvosulejMore
Underwater Tag Cloud
1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag active recoveryswimming aerobic endurance age-group Amanda Beard anchoring android Android app ascending sendoffs backstroke balance beach reading bilateral breathing birthday swim blueseventy Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims butterfly catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition crossover turn Cullen Jones Cullen JonesKarlyn Pipes-Neilsen cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle distance training dive dolphin dolphin kick DragSox Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Endless Pools Eric Shanteau Eric Vendt etiquette EVF fatigue feel Finis finish fins fist drill flip turn flip turns flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals goswimtv.com hand entry hand exit head position heart rate hybrid IM inner strength iPhone app Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Jessica Hardy Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Kevin Clements kick kids learn-to-swim long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer masters medball Michael Phelps middle distance Misty Hyman mobile video monofin neural Olympics one-hour swim open turns open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Robert Margalis Roland Schoeman Roque Santos rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Staciana Stitts Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streaming streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate subscription support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music Swimsense swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon tuck turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratioWho is GoSwim?
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.