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| Paul... |
 Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:18 am |
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| MW Smith... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:53 am |
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On Aug 8, 7:18 pm, Paul <sspi... at (no spam) intermarketsolutions.com> wrote:
Quote: What I learned the hard way is that swimming, from what I've read, is
70% technique and 30% endurance/muscle. And a lot of technique is
learning about how to move through the water-space with as little drag
as possible. Drag slows you down. Drag makes you work harder for the
same speed or distance. Take-away = reduce drag!
After you've gotten your technique basically right, swimming is about
75% endurance and muscle and 25% mental. |
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| Pat... |
| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:35 pm |
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Why do expert swimmers still drill every week?
To prevent developing muscles and overwork from adversely affecting
their technique. What's your point?
An unfit, fat slob with perfect technique will not win a lot of races.
I took his post to mean, why do they train much, much more than athletes of
other disciplines.
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| MW Smith... |
| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:47 pm |
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On Aug 10, 9:35 pm, "Pat" <newint... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: Why do expert swimmers still drill every week?
To prevent developing muscles and overwork from adversely affecting
their technique. What's your point?
An unfit, fat slob with perfect technique will not win a lot of races.
I took his post to mean, why do they train much, much more than athletes of
other disciplines.
Pat in TX
Drills are about technique. |
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| Pat... |
| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:41 pm |
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MW Smith wrote:
Quote: On Aug 10, 9:35 pm, "Pat" <newint... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Why do expert swimmers still drill every week?
To prevent developing muscles and overwork from adversely affecting
their technique. What's your point?
An unfit, fat slob with perfect technique will not win a lot of
races.
I took his post to mean, why do they train much, much more than
athletes of other disciplines.
Pat in TX
Drills are about technique.
Yes, but they spend so much time in the water. There was a graduate student
at TCU a few months ago who was trying to see if all of that time/distance
was needed. IIRC, his theory was that muscle memory would allow elite
swimmers not to have to constantly drill on technique. But, I don't
remember the entire article.
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| MW Smith... |
| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:22 pm |
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On Aug 11, 9:41 pm, "Pat" <newint... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: MW Smith wrote:
On Aug 10, 9:35 pm, "Pat" <newint... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Why do expert swimmers still drill every week?
To prevent developing muscles and overwork from adversely affecting
their technique. What's your point?
An unfit, fat slob with perfect technique will not win a lot of
races.
I took his post to mean, why do they train much, much more than
athletes of other disciplines.
Pat in TX
Drills are about technique.
Yes, but they spend so much time in the water. There was a graduate student
at TCU a few months ago who was trying to see if all of that time/distance
was needed. IIRC, his theory was that muscle memory would allow elite
swimmers not to have to constantly drill on technique. But, I don't
remember the entire article.
I don't think they do a big percentage of their training as drills.
They have to do some during the strength/endurance building phase of
the season because they lift weights and swim unimaginably long
sessions, so musculature is changing, and they have to ensure that it
doesn't adversely affect technique. Toward the championship end of the
season, they work on technique when the coach sees a problem, and when
they want to test a small change. It is easy, when you swim many
thousands of meters per day, to be ignorant of very minor changes
happening in your stroke, especially as you get tired. Drills help you
refocus, but you need a coach watching closely to tell you when you've
got it right. |
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