Keith Haynes
Head Coach
Caradon Swim Club
Below is a Breaststroke set I ran this evening with my age group swimmers – although I think age group is different in the US, so 11 – 14 year olds. They said they really liked it and that it was easy! Outrageous.
I love doing descending work with this age group, as when it comes to a race situation they really understand the concept of applying more effort throughout a race to maintain speed even though they are getting tired. Just like when we do descending work in training!
Clearly I was too generous with the turnaround times, but I will get them back on Tuesday and Friday. So adjust turnaround times to suit your swimmers capabilities or where they are in their training programme…
1 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
4 x 25 BR/S Descend 1 – 4 to sprint speed on 45
2 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
4 x 50 BR/S Descend 1 – 4 to sprint speed on 1.30
3 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
4 x 75 BR/S Descend 1 – 4 to sprint speed on 2.15
3 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
4 x 50 BR/S Descend 1 – 4 to sprint speed on 1.30
2 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
4 x 25 BR/S Descend 1 – 4 to sprint speed on 45
1 x 100 as 50 F/S – 50 BK on 2.00
Editor’s Note: This set was first published to the blog in June 2014.
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