I do a lot of tethered swimming, but have not had my Masters do any of it because of lack of equipment. I now have one long-belt tether and two short tethers, so I tried to devise this practice so that everyone would get at least 2 chances to try to tethers. They found the tether swimming challenging but revealing of certain stroke flaws. Have to do more of this. Those using the long tether used 1 pull buoy. Those using the short tether used 2 pull buoys.
WARMUP: 400
400 your choice, on your own
CALIBRATION SET: 100
4 X 25 Free on approx. :10 RI brisk pace Count strokes each 25. Take your average as “N.”
MAIN SET: 1700
12 X 25 free on approx. :10 RI Alternate N-2…N-1…N by 25.
200 choice with fins…or, if it’s your turn to try the tether, do 2 X 50 strokes on the tether, picking just ONE focus point to work on (most of our swimmers needed to focus on keeping the elbow high and push all the way back).
12 X 25 free on approx. :10 RI 3 X 25 @ N-2…3 X 25 @ N-1…3 X 25 @ N…3 X 25 @ N+1
200 choice with fins…or, 2 X 50 strokes on the tether
12 X 25 free on approx. :10 RI 2 X 25 each @ N-3…N-2…N-1…N…N+1…N+2
200 choice with fins…or, 2 X 50 strokes on the tether
4 X 50 Free on approx. :20 RI
1st 50: Final 1/4 is fast
2nd 50: Second half is fast
3rd 50: Final 3/4 is fast
4th 50: ALL FAST
WARMDOWN: 200
Total Yardage: Approx. 2400
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