A "Texas 50" is when a swimmer starts @ the middle of the pool, does a flip turn at both walls & finishes where he/she started, in the middle of the pool...if you know please help me out.
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The idea of that drill probably originated at Texas.  They have an outstanding swim program. Eddie Reese is a top coach.
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Well, there are 12 events in a swim meet. These events include 8 individual events, 3 four man relays, and diving in which up to three people can compete in. When two teams go head to head each team gets to fill up three lanes. Each swimmer can compete in a total of 4 events but no more than two relays or two individual events including diving. So if you do some math (which hopefully I did right) I think you could get by with as few 23 (if you have three guys specializing only in diving and that being their only event) if you want to be able to fill out every lane/spot in every event. Of course, you can have more or less than that but it would be hardly worth your while to have a team smaller than 10 swimmers as it would be all but impossible to win a meet.
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It usually works out that swimmers are either good at fly and breast stroke or back and free. As a swimmer you will usually specialize in a certain stroke unless you plan on swimming Individual Medley. Don't worry too much about it. Work on all your strokes during practice and concentrate on your stronger strokes like fly and breast stroke.
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This is a great free web site for generating an endless number of workouts no matter what your level or goal.  http://www.swiminfo.com/swim-cgi/\nI would spend at least two weeks focusing on the basics and getting your feel for the water back: lots of sculling, underwater streamlining, and drilling.  Some Olympic level coaches choose to drill for a full month at the beginning of the season before they allow their athletes to swim normally.  This is because it is easy to cheat on your strokes and build bad habits when you are out of shape.  Plus stroke technique is so important to overall swimming.  After a few weeks of drilling and sculling, start with workouts that build an aerobic base.
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u flip ur wrists...its hard to explain on here but basically its like throwing a cureball in baseball...its all in the wrist and it depends how hard/fast u flick ur wrists and the direction as well that determines how much or wut type of spin you use...its alot like putting spin on a tennis ball...if that helps
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WHAT DO THAT HAVE TO DO WITH VOLLETBALL, THAT POOL GO TO A POOL HALL PLAY:-)
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It is a baseball term.\n\nWhen there are no runners on base, a pitcher "winds up" to make a pitch, using his whole body to put more speed on the ball.  However, if there are runners on-base, it is easier for them to steal a base if the pitcher "winds-up".  To prevent this, a pitcher will throw "from the stretch" or "out of the stretch" meaning that he makes much less of a motion before throwing the ball.
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I think this might be a case of an intersting phenonemenon, practice swimmers.  These are the people that can do a thousand set at 85% of their maximum speed and blow by many other people.  The other kind of swimmer is the race swimmer.  This swimmer doesn't know how to swim at 85% of their max speed.  They swim at 100% and about 40%.  These swimmers are often called lazy by their coaches and those practice swimmers.  The racer's 100% is usually faster than the practicer's 100%.  And the racer can usually swim at 100% for about 100 meters while the practicer can only do it for about 10m although they can swim at 85% for 6000.  \n\nSo before anyone gets cocky because they can lead 8x200 on the 2:05, remember that the only 200 that counts is the ONE on race day.  And the people that sit 3rd or 4th in your lane are usually the people that win that ONE.
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Applying any type of spin on the cue ball is called english.  In this case, you're interested in peforming what is known as 'draw'.  \n\nIn order to apply any sort of spin and accuracy, you need to make certain the following conditions are met: the tip of your cue should have the same curvature as a quarter- that is, hold a quarter up to the side of your cue's tip and check that the "roundness" is approximately the same.\n\nNext, you should apply a fair amount of chalk, as this is what causes the friction between the ball and your stick.\n\nNow imagine a point dead center of the cue ball, and that point is exactly the size of your cue- tip.  The spot you want to aim for is one cue-tip below the center.  Hold your stick parallel with the table- don't raise the butt end up as this will cause a jump shot.  \n\nDraw your stick back smoothly, and stroke smoothly forward.  You don't actually need a lot of force- you need to make certain you follow throuh your shot- that is, your cue should end up in a spot 3-4 inches past the starting point of the cue ball.\n\nI've been playing pool for 18 years, it's tons of fun!  Here is a resource you may like:
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I swim competitively currently under the coaching personel of 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristine Quance.  I love swimming and im not in high school yet.  no funny stories yet but swimming is really good for you
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The question is how deeply do you want to breath the next stroke.. that should be determining how much you exhale\n\nIf you are recovering or starting a very long race.. you should breath and exhale deeply\n\nIf you are sprinting or getting ready for the end.. you should breath less and so you have to hold your breath\n\nCollege sprinters dont breath for a whole 50 yrds, but distance swimmers breath every 2 strokes... it varies\n\nOne thing for sure you dont want to be doing, is exhaling when your mouth is outside of the water.. cause that means you are taking time out of when you can breath.. and so you slow down to breath
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Well, the simplest way would be to assume that Alex swims at a constant speed and takes no time at the turnaround.  The resulting graph would be two straight lines - one from the origin to (12, 25) and one from there back to the x-axis (the t-axis) at (24, 0).  You'd need two equations.\n\nFor the first, the slope will be 25/12 (25 yards in twelve seconds), so the equation would be\n\ny = (25/12)x where 0 <= x <= 12\n\n(You can replace the x with t, if you prefer.)\n\nThe other line would have a slope -25/12 (25 yards back in the remaining 12 seconds).  We'll have to use the point/slope form for that one:\n\ny - y1 = m(x - x1)  using m = -25/12 and the point (24, 0)\n\ny - 0 = (-25/12)(x - 24)\n\ny = (-25/12)x + 50\n\nAgain, you can replace x with t.\n\nHope that helps.
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It' awesome!  I was a swimmer and swam butterfly.  It's a great event because most people don't like swimming it.  Work hard and you will blow them away.  And next time you have a meet, walk up to the blocks and say something outloud like "I love this stroke".  People will think your crazy and it's usually a good but nice psych out technique
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Yes, freestyle in a freestyle relay means anystroke. Backstroke is allowed as long as there is no interference to timing equipment or other teams when entering the water (for a backstroke start) or when completing their leg of the relay. A water start is allowed.
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No way all you need to know is how to swim it and then it is a brezze. All you have to do is swim the first 50 with the pack, then swim the middle hundred fast, and bring whatever you have left home on the last 50.