The Third 50 - E5 - The Need for Speed!!
The Third 50Episode Notes
Welcome to The Third 50!
EPISODE 5 - WE HAVE A NEED - A NEED FOR SPEEEEEEEEEEEED!
Speed is the most precious thing in swimming. It's what it's all about! The training, the sets, the repeats, the workouts, the dryland sessions, the mental skills practices, the equipment...everything we do in this sport is about the achievement of one, clear, simple thing - to go faster!
In Episode 5 of The Third 50, Wayne and Glenn look at the development of swimming speed through the context of our TEN SWIMMING SPEED LAWS!
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 1 - The faster you want to go, the more relaxed you have to be.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 2 - There’s a big difference between speed and effort.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 3 - Technique and Speed are inseparable!
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 4 - Train Speed – fast!!! Not at the end of an endurance workout
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 5 - 100% is Speed – less than 100% isn’t.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 6 - Underwater kicking is vital.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 7 - Long rest, short duration.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 8 - Excellence repeated – not just repeats.
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 9 - TEACH, TRAIN, TEST – REPEAT!
SWIMMING SPEED LAW 10 - It’s’ about speed – not the length of the repeat.
Three Takeaways:
- Speed is everything! The search for ways to help swimmers, triathletes, masters swimmers, surf-athletes and fitness swimmers to swim faster is never ending.
- There are some important principles to understand in the development of swimming speed that apply to everyone who is trying to identify ways of swimming faster - our TEN SWIMMING SPEED "LAWS".
- The sport is getting faster! This means that training for speed has become by necessity more deliberate, more purposeful and more precise. Just throwing in a set of 25s at the end of workout and hoping this will help athletes swim faster is not an efficient or effective way to develop real speed.
Why The Third 50?
Because it's the third 50 of a 200 that matters. (We could have called this The Third 100 because it's the same principle!)
The 1st 50 is fast because you're fresh and fired up, ready to race.
The 2nd 50 flows because you're trying to relax and keep it smooth.
The 4th 50 is about fighting and staying strong to the finish.
But the 3rd 50 is where the magic happens. It's where the integration of your mind and body, your skills and technique, your stroke mechanics and your hard training all come together.
The 3rd 50 is the "championship" lap, where the great swimmers take control of the
