Entry For Skills
Swimming Training For May
Participants: Thomas
Overview:
- Introduction to IM Relay (Individual and Team)
- Practicing of pulling and kicking in alternate pairs
Venue: Geylang East Swimming Complex (Mon)
Chinese Swimming Club (Wed)
Date: 3/5, 7/5, 10/5, 14/5, 17/5, 21/5, 24/5, 28/5
Hours completed: 16 hrs
As usual, we started our trainings with some stretching to prevent any cramps and injuries. As the competition was nearing, our warm-ups increased. We had to swim 16 laps of our own specialized strokes, which in my case would be the freestyle. There would be no rests, thus we would have to carry out somersaults at the end of each turn, also known as “Tumbleturns”. After our warm-ups, the main sets for the trainings started to roll in. We were introduced to IM Relay, both individual and team. In individual IM Relay, one would have to swim 4x50m, in the following order: Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterflystroke and Freestyle. The only difference in the team IM Relay is that these 4 strokes would be divided among the 4 members, each swimming only 50m of their own swimming strokes. Thus, the coach split the team up into groups of 4 as we prepared to race each other in teams of 4 for the team IM Relay. My team had clocked a total timing of 2:09:48 mins which was a fairly good result. We also had to continue to practice our own events in preparation for the competition, thus we had to train both our pulling and kicking. The coach came up with a new routine to train us in that which is to practice our pulling and kicking in alternate turns and in pairs. We would also be given timings for this practice. The first partner would practice his pulling for 50m with the second partner following closely behind but instead he would be practicing his kicking by doing “Flutterkicks”. After 50m, both partners would then switch roles and the process repeats for another 10 laps.
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