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2 x 50m Speed #1 First 10m and last 10m at a fast pace, rest of As
Bursts the swim smooth required
#2 Fast in and out of the turn (5m in 10m out),
rest of the swim smooth.
Cool Down
100m Choice Stretch out your joints and get your heart rate As
down!. Mix up the strokes if you like! Required
Week 4, 1600m Training Programme - 25m Pool Format Head Lead Kick
Activity Description Rest This should test your body position, which we worked on last week.
Remember to keep the line down the back of your body, from your head
through your spine, right to your ankles! You will really have to focus on
Warm up keeping your kick continous and hips high in the water, when your lift your
2 x 100m 50m Freestyle, 50m Choice As head to breathe.
Required
Main Set Head Lead Kick, Rotation
4 x 25m Freestyle Kicking on your front, with hands pinned to 30 Take your time as you transition from side to front and vice versa, make sure
Kick - Head lead your hips, kick lightly and raise your head gently Seconds you are kicking through the rotation and smoothly rolling rather than jerking
when you need to breathe. from one position to the next.
Be careful not to over rotate when kicking on your side, your shoulders should
4 x 25m Freestyle, Same as above only this time, rotate from side 30
be in line with each other, with one pointing to the bottom of the pool and the
Head Lead, to front, to side every 6/8 kicks. You can breathe Seconds
other to the ceiling.
Rotation Kick on your side after the rotation or on your front.
50m Front end Back to kicking on your front, only this time you 20
Scull can bring in the front end scull which we learnt Seconds
in session 11. Lift head gently to breathe.
2 x 50m Full Stroke Keeping the exact same body position as you 20
Freetyle did on the kick, focussing on smooth rotations. Seconds
Cool Down
100m Smooth Your choice of stroke, stretch out and relax! As
Required