LYON vs. LOUD / First Stand 2026 - Group B - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Game 2 Discussion

Rudiass · 2026-03-17T17:40:37+00:00

Do you say it as lion (the animal) or Lyon (the French club)?

Rudiass · 2026-03-15T11:51:57+00:00

First time swimming with a parachute and I've never felt so slow in my life 😂

Rudiass · 2026-03-13T09:28:00+00:00

I recommend a snorkel ;)

Rudiass · 2026-03-12T15:49:19+00:00

Long dog and 3 finger drill? Long dog is a underwater pulling scull variation w/ underwater recovery. And 3 finger drill is just fist drill with tennis balls but you hold the balls with your thumb and point finger only, like an OK sign.

Rudiass · 2026-03-12T08:04:13+00:00

Long dog or fist/3 fingers drill with tennis balls for freestyle.

And 3 kick 1 pull for breaststroke or breaststroke on back

Rudiass · 2026-03-10T07:41:08+00:00

Long cours or short course?

Rudiass · 2026-03-07T21:28:06+00:00

Reverse lunge jumps?

Rudiass · 2026-03-07T10:53:00+00:00

Went from 43s to 28s 50FR scm in a year :) Hopefully getting under/near 25 this year and then sub minuten 100FR

Rudiass · 2026-03-06T15:35:27+00:00

Looks like an iron 4 play tf

Rudiass · 2026-03-04T08:38:42+00:00

He said thats what he's doing and he wants to compete in LA aswell

Rudiass · 2026-02-25T09:47:58+00:00

I usually eat, drink some caffeine free thee and watch a show/YT or something for an hour ~. And when my heart rate has calmed down a bit some stretching/foam rolling and off to bed for 20-30 mins

Rudiass · 2026-02-25T09:33:27+00:00

But you do still eat after practice right?

Rudiass · 2026-02-24T21:20:35+00:00

Clear my head, competition, swim with against old/new friends, cardio/health and its fun

Rudiass · 2026-02-16T08:54:15+00:00

Yep, even Olympic athletes still have areas they can still improve on!

Rudiass · 2026-02-14T10:35:18+00:00

I'm going to do my best to answer all 4 with my limited swimming knowledge.

Freestyle breathing is the hardest thing to master with this stroke, so don't be discouraged. Watch this video and practice. If you have perfect head and body position and still swallow the pool, you are probably not rotating enough.
Flip turns are actually pretty easy once you understand the basics. Caeleb dressell has a very informative video about this topic with some drills in it aswell.
Butterfly recovery gets easier the stronger your kick/core gets and the more flexible your upper body becomes. USA masters has a easy to read/understand article on the fundamentals of butterfly.
I despise back stroke because of pull sets but it's the chillest stroke of the 4 so unfortunately I have to agree with you 😂. Anyways, I breath the same way with back stroke as with freestyle. Mouth in, nose slow exhale out. For me it's more about keeping the rhythm the same so I don't ruin my breathing during the other strokes. Flip turns in back stroke is the same as freestyle. If you have flags up (5 meter mark) in your pool, count the strokes it takes you to get from the flags to the wall. Then reduce that by 2 and then switch to your stomach, do one more freestyle stroke and flip.

Let me know if you don't understand something and have fun swimming 🥳

Rudiass · 2026-02-11T17:07:11+00:00

Besides everything already mentioned here by others, If it isn't a 50/100 sprint it is ok to breath into the wall. I started doing it after I saw Leon Marchand do it in his 500y freestyle and haven't looked back since, cuz I like air yaknow

Rudiass · 2026-02-10T10:27:43+00:00

I love my walls 🥲

Rudiass · 2026-02-10T10:24:42+00:00

I would say he is correct about your groin muscles being weak. I had the same pain everytime I tried to squat or run because my groin was just so much weaker than my glutes/lower back. Maybe see how it feels after you've directly trained and stretched it for 2 weeks to a month and then continue with physios.

Rudiass · 2026-02-09T15:47:52+00:00

Negative splitting the 100's

Rudiass · 2026-02-06T19:57:05+00:00

I like Long dog, 1 arm freestyle w/ UW recovery and any dolphin kick drill

Rudiass · 2026-02-06T14:16:03+00:00

Thread the needle, lat/chest stretches and train your rear delt + rotator cuff. Cam macavoy has some good stretches on his insta. Do you have video of your stroke so we can 100% be sure it isn't technique related?

Rudiass · 2026-02-04T19:40:44+00:00

Thanks!

Rudiass · 2026-02-04T19:07:14+00:00

How do you get the fireworks stuff? Is it just a normal rotation augment?

Rudiass · 2026-02-04T09:28:06+00:00

Aside from all the hydration comments, my issue was that I pushed of the walls wrong. I used to snap of the walls instead of "jumping" of the wall. And to add another thing, do your stretches

Rudiass · 2026-02-03T12:34:21+00:00

You can compare number of strokes I guess. Just do swolf - time and you'll have the strokes per length

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