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How to win individual medley races. Why swimmers slow down and how take advantage of it - Skills N' Talents

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Swimming the individual medley is not easy. you must be good at all the four strokes or at least not have a very weak stroke. But you can always tell when someone slows down in their weakest stroke, usually breaststroke. To get good at your weakest stroke requieres a lot of time and practice but there is one thing you can get better at more quickly, transitions. Transitions in the individual medley are a weakness that many people have that normally we dont think on improving, but you can drop a couple of seconds if you get them right. Usually, and this goes for normal flip turns too, beginners slow down in the turn. In fact they slow down before the turn. I suggest you speed up before entering a transition or a flip turn. To practice this is not enough to just start from behind the flags and swim to a fast turn, you must practice this every time you swim. because one of the reasons we slow down is fatigue and during a race you will be fatigued and wont have time to think of any of this. We unconsciously think, there is a wall so I will get a mini rest for my arms and legs while I glide and push off the wall. So to get good at speeding up in the flip turns, you need to repeat to yourself good, there is a wall, Ill speed up and gain some advantage on my competitors Then use that last two strokes to get yourself close to the wall fast and use your core to bring your legs to the wall and push off as hard as you can to then do some dolphin kicks or breaststroke pullout and do a few quick effective strokes. We have talked about all these transitions, so Ill put a playlist at the end where you can learn each transition, specially the backstroke to breaststroke, which is the most challenging. But now lets see some racing strategies that I suggest for each type of swimmer. If you are a butterflier you need to go out in front, so push yourself a little more than your competitors. Just enough to get ahead. Put in a lot of effort in your weakest stroke, which is usually breaststroke or backstroke and give everything you have left on the freestyle part. If you are a backstroker use the easy speed of the dive to get you to a comfortable but fast butterfly. Dont get too far behind the butterfliers. Then push yourself on the backstroke and get ahead of them. I know your weakest stroke is breaststroke so dont let them catch you before the freestyle. If you are a breaststroker you have a secret weapon. Try to stay close to everyone on the first half of the race and then blow past them in breaststroke and they wont have enough energy to catch you on the freestyle. If you are a freestyler, do you even swim the individual medley? I dont think so. Im kidding. You are probably used to going out fast on the butterfly, but I suggest going easy on the butterfly and try to stay with everyone on the backstroke and breaststroke to get a chance to beat everyone on the freestyle. Remember, do not slow down on the transitions. Get to the wall quickly and use the momentum to get some advantage on your competitors. You can rest on the wall when you are done. Let me know if you have any questions on the comment section below. If you want inspiration, swimming merch or swimming workouts
Date: 2022-07-18

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Comments and reviews: 15

sasha1581
Well it's a question that doesn't really have to do with the video but I really hope you see it. I started swimming in July, 2017 until February, 2018. I had to stop because of my exams and I wasn't the best at managing my time. I really wanna go back but I lack motivation and I feel numb. Plus my animeia makes it seems harder for me. I go on my own to practice and I'm literally the only one pushing myself so I don't know if I'm able to do that anymore because I'm not as motivated as I was when I first started. Any idea how to push myself to get back? I'd really appreciate it.
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Steven
Best strategy. Go out fast in the fly because you are fresh and the fly looks great in photos. Crush the backstroke because you can breathe all you want. Push hard in the breaststroke, because you arent any good at that stroke and pure bravery is all you have. In the freestyle, swim entirely on fear and loathing. They are coming, you hate to lose, and its too late to avoid the pain now.
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Jackson
Im so nervous. I have to swim a 400 Im long course ( going down is a 50 and back is a 100) and I have never done it before. Now that I think about it I think I have only swam 500 yards all at once only one time. Luckily because I have never done this event before, everyone else I go u against will not have done it either
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education
Hi im korea student, 15years old
Only 50m time check
I have nice record to every
(29-32-34-27) but 200m im is 225.
after turn backstroke, really really hard
so i cant faster breastkick
how can i faster after backstroke?
PLZ.
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Neil
I'm not sure any of this really helps with pacing an IM unless you have pace to spare. Certainly in sprint IM, I just go for it from the start. In a 400m IM, I just try not to overdo the effort on the fly then do whatever I can afterwards.
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the671
My son's first swim meet is Tuesday. Im nervous for him. The videos are great. Keep them coming. and my son's weakest stroke is breast. Anyone have any alternative start drills/ training ideas for pools that don't have starting blocks?
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Hilario
Do you have this video in spanish? I shared with my pool team and some of them don't understan english. I know you are Mexican guys; ) and shared a lot of things in spanish. maybe you have this one too. Thanks a lot! SF!
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Penelope
This is how my IM goes, I stay with everyone or fall a bit behind on fly then i catch up and slightly pass on backstroke, on breastroke I surpass everyone and on freestyle I maintain the lead
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Rice
This is a fantastic video. My daughter swims I. Ms and is a reasonable all rounder but terrible in the transitions. Breath control is key for young swimmers in transitions also. Great video.
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texabara
En 200, combinado o de otros estilos, la tercera etapa siempre es la mas fuerte, cansona y a la vez la mas importante. Por eso quienes son pechistas tienen the secret weapon
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Dinis
I'm not very good at any stroke but I can save a lot of energy for freestyle, that helps me a lot in the end, because im never so far from the other swimmers
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magnum
But if want to get fast all four-stroke what should we do to build up our stamina, I am a guy who is lack of fitness and gets easily tired. pls reply
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Lydiaxrosee
Im a national swimmer and currently stressing as I have 200im in a meet tomorrow and my 2 rivals are there so Im littualy doing anything rn.
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Grace
Sometimes I can start off in front with others, but the breastroke is tough. These tips are going to be handy for my race on Saturday, thank you.
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Charlotte
Hey! I'm a butterflyer so breastroke is difficult for me and I usually fall behind. Thanks for the tips! I'm swimming 400IM today
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