Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCY
3:00 kick is just steady pace, choice of kick. All 25s are maximum CONSISTENT underwater kicks.

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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCY
3:00 kick is just steady pace, choice of kick. All 25s are maximum CONSISTENT underwater kicks.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCY
Instructions on the 400s were to keep it steady and make the interval by :10+. Intervals for 200s are a bit faster with instructions to push the pace. 25s are to maintain an underwater focus under fatigue. A,B,C intervals for 400s and 200s. For the 25s, A group does 8, B group does 6, C group does 4, allowing us to stay pretty close together on the set.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCM
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCM
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
In our pool, the black line is about 14m from one end and about 8m from the end we started this set from. SCY.
Ryan Sprang, Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club
SCY
Intervals were 1:25/1:25/1:35/1:15 by stroke for IMO. Non-IMO were free on 1:20. They had to dolphin kick out about 10 yards off each wall to get under lane noodles. IMO = Individual Medley Order
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We have done something very similar in the past. This was modified from other versions to include a certain number of kicks rather than a specific underwater distance. UWK = Underwater Kick. SCM.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
This was the second time we set up a series of sprint stations in our long course pool utilizing a 10m diving well and the regular lanes. We got some great times overall.
We rotated through the stations 3x. The buckets we use are like parachutes, but are just 1-gallon buckets from Home Depot.
The run & dive ā50sā in the diving we are really just 20m (10m across the diving well and return), so they got lots of rest there.
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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
This set was done a day after a very intense quality set of 50s. The aim was to be a bit less intense while covering some distance, then hitting a leg-heavy backstroke set. SCY.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We did this set in SCM. We wore fins for the first 16 and then took them off for the last 4. Swimmers were encouraged to push themselves on the underwater 25s, but could take a breath and go back under if needed.
Chris Brookover
Senior Leader – Aquatics
MLY Phoenix
SCY
We have a ton of high school meets this time of year, so attendance is sporadic at best. We are trying to get the best out of whoever shows up. Lots of leg work and some fly at the end to develop mental and physical toughness.
Speed Set:
3 X
2 x 75 @ 1:15 – E/F/E — F/E/F – Min. 4-UW Kicks Off Wall
2 x 50 @ :50 – E/F — F/E – Min. 6-UW Kicks Off Wall
2 x 25 @ :25 – Both Fast – Min. 8-UW Kicks off Wall
Rest :30
Kick:
2 X
6 x 100 @ 1:20 – W/ Fins and Snorkel [B=5 @ 1:30 – R- 1:00]
Rest :30
2 x 25 @ :25 – UW – 6-Kicks (No Fins)
2 x 25 @ :30 – UW – 8-Kicks (No Fins)
2 x 25 @ :35 – UW – 10-Kicks (No Fins)
2 x 25 @ :40 – UW – 12 Kicks (No Fins)
Rest :40
Swim:
3 X
4 x 25 @ :30 – Fly
3 x 50 @ 1:00 – Fly #2 = Free
2 x 75 @ 1:30 – Fly/Free/Fly
1 x 100 @ 2:00 – Fly
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We have been focusing on underwater kicking quite a bit recently. Today we injected some underwater work to our warmup (SCM):
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
Coach Mike Cook, Mason Makos
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
I thought I had this one planned out pretty well… turns out we had to insert a 25 EZ with the :40 rest t I get back to same end as our fins.
All in all, it was a good set.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
LCM. This set makes use of the 12m diving well that sits alongside the 50m lanes we use. In order to maximize our space with our entire team practicing at once, we occasionally use it this way. For ease of communication, we call one width of the diving well a ā25.ā
We used 1-gallon buckets tied to waist belts for the set of 8 x50, timing each 25 and emphasizing racing a teammate.
For the diving well set, we used the aquavolo drag sox. The contrast between resisted kicking and non-resisted (when we take the Sox off) leads to some excellent speedy UW kicking.
Coach John Beyer, Calvert Aquatics Club, Southern Maryland
Here is a Fly, Back, Underwater practice I had my 13+ swimmers do.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCM
Elliot Ptasnik, Head Coach, University of Hawaii
Elliot Ptasnik, Head Coach, University of Hawaii
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We did this set recently and had a great workout. Mixing back and free for our long-axis focused swimmers.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We did this set 6x through after a tough main set, and the kids did well with the underwaters especially. With 4 people in each lane, one person was on each part.
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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
This was our SCY workout this morning. The race pace set at the end came from Mike Anzano of COM Aquatics
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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
We are currently able to practice with three swimmers per lane, and this kick set allowed us to get some excellent leg work in while keeping our distance.
The āblack lineā mentioned is about 15m from one end in our SCY pool. āBlast offsā consist of repeated streamlined vertical jumping off the bottom of the pool.
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
This was our finish to practice today. We have done 25s underwater pretty consistently, so every swimmer knows his or her best time. The lifetime bests were written down on a dry erase board and this challenge was thrown. If you can beat your best twice, you get to go home. Amazingly, more than half of our swimmers were able to accomplish this feat. The mind is an amazing thing!
Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
This practice was for our group of 10-12 year-olds. We focused on long-axis efficiency and finished with an emphasis on underwater kicking. The “bang bang” refers to a coach tapping a wrench in the side of the pool to indicate when to take a stroke.
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Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
SCM. We did this kick set recently and our swimmers were very engaged. We timed the underwater 25s (we keep team records on this) and asked for an elite effort on the green parts. We ended up with several lifetime best 25s underwater and an excellent overall group effort.
The intervals on the ez Swim were deliberately large so that the last person would finish before we had to dive on the next 25.
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