The younger swimmer Daichi Suzuki carried out his personal particular underwater section after the beginning and switch within the 100 m backstroke on the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.
Extra particularly, the younger swimmer made 6 butterfly leg kicks earlier than rising with a slight benefit over his rivals, who had been all stronger and extra skilled swimmers than him.
Plenty of swimmers then started their very own secret coaching: for 4 years there was little speak concerning the ‘sub’ section, however sure athletes had been working actually onerous on it.
The backstroke occasion on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul was watched standing up, not sitting down. The crowds revelled within the swimmers’ lengthy underwater phases that resulted in world information falling in each the shorter and longer race.
Again then there was no time or distance restrict on the ‘sub’ section and fewer and fewer time was being spent above the water throughout races, so after every kind of information being damaged, it was determined to set a restrict of 15 m for the underwater section.
These days, if carried out correctly, this may be the quickest a part of the race after the dive, so let’s see how we will enhance it successfully by way of cautious coaching drills.
Let’s check out the approach:
- Throughout the first section of pushing the wall, bury your head between your shoulders; then push off and as quickly as you are feeling your ahead pace is slowing, begin making quick butterfly leg kicks of common amplitude.
- Maintain your higher physique nonetheless, simply gently observe your hip actions to “accompany” your leg kick; rolling consistently back and forth would decelerate your ahead propulsion.
- After the threerd/4th leg kick, begin to enhance the amplitude of your kick and gradual it down barely as you steadily come to the floor of the water.
- Break the floor of the water and start to swim earlier than reaching the 15 m mark, in any other case you’ll be disqualified.
- Besides within the medley, this identical approach can be utilized mendacity in your again throughout each the freestyle and butterfly; through the remaining three leg kicks you’ll have to roll across the centre of your physique to take care of a susceptible place.
This drill follows the same old periodisation of coaching periods, so that each one your abilities will be developed on the identical time. Nevertheless, making an allowance for the appreciable quantity of vitality required to contract muscle groups starved of oxygen, it’s advisable to carry out this drill when you find yourself not specializing in leg work.
Final however not least, I wish to level out that studying the underwater section when you find yourself an grownup is relatively difficult and the motion finally ends up being relatively ineffective and intensely tiring…. fortuitously , although, you wouldn’t have to study it (it’s not necessary)!
