This is a clip from our practice yesterday, about half way through our set of 30x50 (1:30) and our Freestyle Ladder. You'll see 3 50s here on this video.
I thought our ability to do the Fly Drilling well, consistently, and fast was something that we hadn't done before. We had athletes going 3 right, 3 left, and 2 or 3 together -- going 27-31 seconds for the most part.
The single-single-double "Cycle" Fly drill that we did on this day encouraged the athletes to work their underwater kick well and time their last 2-3 strokes well (see last week's video with Oscar for a more detailed tutorial on what it's all about). We can get better at timing the wall on the finish and finishing fast, but that will come. Having a sense of stroke count/ kick count/ and pace is first step. We took that step yesterday.
Shout out to the athletes who are not really featured in the video -- the ladder athletes. You guys have been doing great with the Threshold Freestyle, and those gains are going to pay off!
Today -- Thursday -- we are going to go some Free IM. 3x400, 3x300, 3x200, and 3x100 with 8x50 between. We will have a 1:15 and a 1:25 interval. Get psyched!
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