Okanagan Masters Swim Club » freestyle http://okmasters.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:04:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Swim Technique Checklists http://okmasters.com/swim-plans/swim-technique-checklists http://okmasters.com/swim-plans/swim-technique-checklists#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:28:56 +0000 Peter Rudd http://okmasters.com/openwater/?p=219 Darn, can’t remember if the left arm is supposed to be bent while your head is tilted to the right, or was that the right arm tilted when your left leg is bent? Ugh, check out these stroke checklists:

Backstroke Technique Checklist
Frontcrawl Technique Checklist
Breaststroke Technique Checklist
Butterfly Technique Checklist

]]> http://okmasters.com/swim-plans/swim-technique-checklists/feed 0 Drafting Distance in Swimming http://okmasters.com/articles/a-post-with-a-left-aligned-image http://okmasters.com/articles/a-post-with-a-left-aligned-image#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:23:11 +0000 Peter Rudd http://dev.danphilibin.com/wordpress/?p=59 An excellent, detailed study on the best distance to draft. Should you draft at the side, at the back, and how far away?

Here’s an excerpt: In submaximal conditions, at 95% of a maximum speed over a 549-m swim, Bassett et al. (1) showed that drafting affects the metabolic response to swimming. Oxygen consumption was reduced by 8  +/- 12%, blood lactate concentration by 33 17%, and the rate of perceived exertion by 21 +/- 10%. The lower resistive body drag (passive drag) forces encountered by the swimmers at maximum speed are responsible for the observed metabolic change (5). These forces are 13–26% lower than those for the lead swimmer, depending on the velocity of the triathletes.

Whoa, doesn’t that make your fins flutter? Well, if you’re still awake then here’s the entire study in PDF format. But just remember, someone has to lead.

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