Posted by heathweaver

My routine started out with 140 meters of font-quarter sculling. After some practice this type of sculling gets very interesting. I was able to really get a feel for the water and as my momentum built up my speed increased more and more. However, in order to do this effectively some kind of snorkel is necessary. The reason being that every time you take a breath you loose the vortexes? that you have created. I really like it, but the issue is that after I went back to my freestyle stroke everything was all messed up because I could tell that my technique was wrong. I think it is important to follow through the exercises proposed by coach Emmett Hines.

From the few number of times I have done this I have the feeling that it will have a very big impact on my speed. It really does give you a very good feel for the water and your ability to grip it.

Besides the initial sculling set I tried some dolphin kicks, but I couldn’t keep my balance and I kept swallowing water. Then I went to practice my roll-overs but I wasn’t very focused and my breathing was all wrong. I was very distracted as there were a lot of people in every lane.

I sprinted twice the first time in 26.86 and the second was over 28. Oh well.

(1.303 m/sec, about 19.18 on 25 meters)