Talking to other swimmers, I found
Pat
faster and harder can make up for poor technique, that resting at the end of
the length of the pool is a good way to build stamina, and that you can put
on your cap and goggles in the locker room instead of when you get into the
pool (and that if your goggles mark your skin, you need to get rid of them).
Also, I learned that the arms and legs do not have to be working together
when doing the breast stroke or the butterfly, and if you can hold your
breath the entire length of the 50 m pool, that is the way to swim the front
crawl.
I learn something new every day!
Pat in TX
Duncan Heenan
MW Smith
I suppose you are being facetious, but for some people all goggles are
the same in that none of them fit properly. And for some people they
are all the same in that they all fit ok.
Swimming faster and harder certainly can make up for poor technique
for people who have poor technique. You can go faster, despite poor
technique, if you put more effort into getting to the other end.
Interval training is an important way to build stamina, and resting
between repeats is part of that.
What's wrong with putting on your cap and goggles in the locker room?
"Front crawl" is redundant.
Pat
> On Sep 13, 6:32 pm, "Pat" <newint...@home.com> wrote:
>> that some of them think all goggles are exactly the same, that
>> swimming faster and harder can make up for poor technique, that
>> resting at the end of the length of the pool is a good way to build
>> stamina, and that you can put on your cap and goggles in the locker
>> room instead of when you get into the pool (and that if your goggles
>> mark your skin, you need to get rid of them). Also, I learned that
>> the arms and legs do not have to be working together when doing the
>> breast stroke or the butterfly, and if you can hold your breath the
>> entire length of the 50 m pool, that is the way to swim the front
>> crawl.
>>
>> I learn something new every day!
>
> I suppose you are being facetious, but for some people all goggles are
> the same in that none of them fit properly. And for some people they
> are all the same in that they all fit ok.
I was being funny, but, really! When I talked to the two people, they both
expressed surprise that all goggles weren't made exactly alike! I told them
(one male and one female) about the way different goggles fit, and both of
them are on their way to academy sports to try several models.
> Swimming faster and harder certainly can make up for poor technique
> for people who have poor technique. You can go faster, despite poor
> technique, if you put more effort into getting to the other end.
This particular guy was swimming with his head out of the water and his arms
straight out to either side. He could barely make it to the far wall before
he collapsed. He asked me why I could keep on swimming but he couldn't make
it any farther than that. As it turned out, he was thrown into a river as a
small child and has a fear of water (as well as a fear of the unknown
lurking under the surface). Yes, he could go faster, but he wasn't improving
and that was his goal. That's why he asked me about it. Until I talked to
him, he had never thought that maybe, just maybe, he was doing something
wrong.
> What's wrong with putting on your cap and goggles in the locker room?
Dry hair absorbs the pool water much more so than wet hair. I have learned
to always wet my hair when I take the obligatory pre-swim shower. As far as
the goggles, they were fogged when she went into the much warmer pool area.
> "Front crawl" is redundant.
Then why is there a stroke called the "back crawl"? :)
Pat in TX
MW Smith
> MW Smith wrote:
> > "Front crawl" is redundant.
>
> Then why is there a stroke called the "back crawl"? :)
You can't crawl on your back. It's just the backstroke.
Rule 101.4:
http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=95&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
Don't be confused by people doing variations and calling them
different names. They're all just poor technique.