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Print this entrySwimming Question of the Week - September 23, 2009
Can you work on your stroke and still swim fast?
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All depends on the meaning of "work". Usually I emphasize technique a lot and swimming speed usualy goes down...but when training or doing speed work the swis are all out swims at high speeds. Balancing speed with technique has been my main problem. |
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I just refer to the Jason Lezak DVD when thinking of this question. :) |
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yep.....there are good things that help,....the TT, also the forearm Fullcrum by the same company,....and of course...THIS WEBSIITE!!!!!... |
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Go, Juliette! We use both the TT and the fulcrum a lot in our sessions. I think most swimers have to start swimming slowly to build the technique but as that technique becomes second nature they swim faster naturally anyway. We stop sets if swimmers technique starts to deteriorate to try to avoid bad habits creeping in |
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What is TT? |
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TT = Tempo Trainer, go to the videos bit of this site (menu above) and scroll through the Finis sales pitches (sorry Glenn:)) at the bottom. There's one on the TT. |
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Sometimes, I have to find a balance between them. If I think too much I swim slow >.< |
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Well today we did a sprint set, my coach told me a couple of things to work on/think about when swimming, and I did my last 25M in my fastest (ever) time. So yes you can think and swim. Now I need to ingrain these new thoughts/ideas so I can swim even faster when without thinking... |
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Pity I can't use TT cos I am deaf |
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James, you don't need a TT to work on technique, and you can work on technique and still work on speed. Just make sure that you work on stroke efficiency at both low and high speed or low and high stroke rates to ensure that you develop what you want in a race. During practice you might force this to work via sets like min max sets. So work on 25's where you go as fast as you can with the minimum amount of strokes. Your technique on these sets should be based off work you did at slow speed... so PERFECT technique. When you race however, you have to trust what you've been working on, and just let the race happen. Trying to force something to occur in a race will result in the race being compromised because you're trying too hard to swim technically well. So really focus on stuff in practice, and then let it happen when you race. Get someone to video the race, study what you did, see where you have improved and then continue to work on those areas that still need work. If you are working on something specific and you don't see improvement, then you might need to change your approach as to how to solve that area. Don't take too long trying to getting a square peg into a round hole. |
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James......I did not know that....waht a challenge you have!!!!!.......maybe to find a device that vibrates????.....as a musician I would sugest to get used to a structural count in your thoughts(...hope I speel it right!!!!!!!).....sense must be your advantage, and concentration......Juliette;s Dad. |
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A drill that we do at the Race Club for all strokes has to be fast swimming. It one of the fundamentals of fast swimming ... we call it swimming on the freeway. For freestyle it would be straight arm free with fly kick (you could even use fins to make it faster). |
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Mmm interesting remarks, Juliette's dad |
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I think you should be cognizant of every part of your body's individual body movements at every moment while swimming, so yes. |
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