Summer. Practice Week 11: 06/06 to 06/11, 2022

WARM UP:

KRLS – IM:  Do one length, 25 yards or meters, of Kick, Right arm, Left arm, Swim in each of the 4 strokes, of the Individual Medley.  When you do the KICK segment, stay on the streamline position until you need to breathe; on flY, breasT, & freE cross your thumbs and your hands, side by side, become your kick board, on bacK you stay at streamline position the whole way, but when you need to breathe, break surface and continue kicking the rest of the length.  On RIGHT/LEFT Arms, begin swimming the lap with the arm that you will use and on the first stroke place the other arm at your side.  On fly breathe to the side of the arm that strokes, make sure it is perfectly straight at the elbow.  On back roll out both shoulders, pay attention to the roll with the hip opposite the arm that is stroking.  On breast touch your heel every time with the fingertips of the arm that stayed down after the underwater pullout.  On free breathe to the side of the arm that is down; learn to drive the swimming arm, roll and breathe at the same time, then set the head and stroke.  On the SWIM lap do your best balance and distance per stroke (5 strokes or less per length)

KICKING SET:

{4 x 25 on 60” kk w/board or dolphin under water on your back all the way

{1 x 100 E on 2’, breathe: 3, 5, 7, 9 or 3, 5, 3, 7 depending on ability

Alternate the 4x 25 kick with the 100 hypoxic, do the number of sets recommended or as many as you have time until your workout is over.

Try to break 20” on the 25 kick; if you kick slower than 30”pace go on 75”

If the 2’ interval is not enough to swim, rest and to restart the kick take it to 2:15 or 2:30

DRILL OF THE WEEK:

Leap Frog/Dolphin:  Push off and touch the bottom with two hands, bring your knees to your stomach, place your feet on the floor and leap towards the surface.  As you glide up, leave your arms in the back end, when you break the surface take one butterfly stroke and breathe; prepare to do a pike dive, then follow your arms until you touch the bottom again, continue repeating a leap from the bottom and a fly stroke on the surface.

Reach and Touch and Glide side to side:  Swim freestyle with under water arm recovery, reach with one arm for the wall on top of the head, touch the leg with the other hand; roll the body and breathe on both sides, when you glide side to side.

TRI-ATHLETE NOTES:

During warm-up triathletes are encouraged to swim the 4 styles, it is warm-up for the entire musculoskeletal system; furthermore, swimming breaststroke can help in a race situation in the event of a foot or calf cramp, the breast kick requires to flex the foot, the way to get rid of said cramps; swimming backstroke will help the triathletes to ‘find core’, connecting the hands to the power source, the hip rotation, while keeping the head set, (no need to turn the head to breathe); the butterfly, will make you more aquatic.  When swimmers do Individual Medley:  Y, K, T, and E:  FLY, BACK, BREAST, FREE; Tri-athletes swim: N, P, F, B: Naked (no equipment), Paddles, Fins, Both

COUNTING STROKES:

1 stroke in Y and T is one extension to the front end; count the letter at the breath and the number at the “glide.”  1 stroke in E and K is counted when both arms have completed a revolution, the letter for one hand, and the number for the other hand; count when the revolution is completed at hand entry.  The recommended “Number of Strokes OB” over best is for short course pools, if you train in a long course pool double the recommended number and add a stroke.  Obviously, the lack of turn and the extra distance makes a difference.  For example if the set reads swim at 1 ½ to 2 ½ OB, it means that in the long course pool you will swim at 4 to 6 strokes over your best stroke count.  We know that when you take more strokes you swim faster, up to a point that your style may suffer or tire you too quickly.  Pay attention: count strokes.  When equipment such as paddles and/or fins are used deduct ½ stroke from the OB for each accessory that you wear.