Ryan Woodruff
Head Coach
Lynchburg YMCA
The purpose of this backstroke set is for athletes to challenge themselves to hold near race pace while performing an increasing number of dolphin kicks off each wall. In this case, on the first round swimmers were aiming for a time within 3.0 seconds of their 200 race pace (as shown on their pace cards) while doing at least 6 kicks off each wall for each of the two 50s. If they were successful at that, they tried to hit the same pace while doing 8 or more kicks. Third round... 10 or more kicks. Continue until nobody in the group can hit that pace while doing that many kicks. Swimmers who fail to hit the target pace with a specified number of kicks simply tried to hit that number of kicks again on the next round. For a shorter more demanding set, lower the +3.0 time standard to something faster.
Labels: Backstroke, Dolphin Kick, Parametric Training, Underwater, Woodruff