USA Swim's Russel Mark's Slides From Convention
my notes:
Russell Mark
overall theme is there is just no one way to get it done
women
from in season to main meet, DPS stays the same but rate gets higher with the exception of Hersey where strokes went down and tempo stayed the same
men
were about the same
russell is thinking the traditional training that clary and hersey "enjoy" may lead to the the opposite of the trend rather than more speed based training.
Men's Breast
arms in front, body dominant, high tempo
Men's mile
derive pace for mile from the middle 1200 (exclude the 1st 200 and last 100)
tips link
http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1596&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
women's 100 free breathing patterns
faster women breathing less and even numbers in the 100 M free
how does technique evolve as an athlete ages / matures?
not much change
(soni all on one line)
Front Start
1. pull body down & fwd with arms
2. stay low - don't lift head or upper body - pull your face to the water
3. hips inline or in front of back foot
russell says edge to the front of the platform not the back
look at schoemann
elbows back - franklin example
back start
1. set up position is variable - face away from the way leaning back more? - more pressure on feet less slip
2. feet higher on the wall
3. push back from the block with feet- arms go one the top not pushing away
