NCAA Championships Women

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Swimming a Bobsled run!

The difference between gold, silver, and bronze, or standing on the podium or watching from the sidelines in the Winter Olympic bobsled competition was decided by inches, and hundreds of a seconds. Does that sound familiar to swimmers out there?

They super imposed the winning run over second place and the differences were inches on the height on the wall during a turn. Mistakes at the top were difficult to make up at the bottom of the run.

What can you learn from the bobsledders?
- The sled with the best start time stands a good chance of winning
- Athletes had to be perfectly streamlined during the entire run
- Entering and exiting a turn had to be precise
- Straights had to be clean, and in a straight line
- Starts, turns, streamline, straights added up to a fast finish

Proper execution, or little mistakes in these areas decide the medalists or bystanders.

This is exactly what world record holder swimmers concentrate and work so hard on.

- Starts must be powerful
- Streamlined starts and strokes are a must
- Turns are nearly 30% of the race
- Swimming in a straight line insures that you swim 25 yards not 26!
- They all add up to your best time

Any problems in any one area hurt your chances of victory.

Pretend you're a winning bobsledder - it could help your chances for success.