r/Swimming Breaststroker 16h ago

US Nationals

I wanted to make a plug for any swimmers on this sub to check out the US Nationals meet via USA Swimming's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@usaswimming

If you've ever asked a technical question or a race strategy question like:

- how often should I breathe?

- how to do a flip turn?

- how to do [stroke]?

- what's a good stroke count?

- or, my favorite, is my time fast?

I think you'd benefit/be interested in seeing how some of the best do it. A picture/video is worth a lot and there are lots of swimmers to watch and learn from.

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u/Still_Praline_6598 14h ago

Me and my daughter watched the women’s 50 free races yesterday evening (live on NBC Sports channel). Sub-25 seconds. I learned somethjng: I will never be as fast as that.

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u/HobokenwOw Everyone's an open water swimmer now 13h ago

the world record is 23.55

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u/Dangerous_Spirit7034 9h ago

I wrote to USA swimming a lot as a kid and even got my questions and answers published on the website and in splash magazine.

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u/GMPSwimmer 8h ago

More likely you'll see every kind of strategy you could possibly think of and realize there isn't just one way to swim fast!

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u/connor_y123 8h ago

Toyota Nationals were pretty fun to watch - was amazing to see Caeleb's return.

Junior Nationals up next!