Anyone know what kind of time changes one can expect going from SCM to a LCM pool? I’m mostly looking at a 500m tt and how much falling off I should expect.
I’m not sure how accurate this is or not… probably depends on how your turns are. But give it a try:
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/conversions.asp
Short course yards or short course meters?
I would think you that you don’t lose much time from short course meters to long course meters. As long as you have quick and efficient turns.
From short course yards, I see about 5 ish seconds per 100m, probably closer to 2 or 3 seconds.
jake
The standard conversion among swimmers was 1 second per turn difference- so 100 SCM (3 turns) vs. 100 LCM (1 turn) = 2 seconds faster. That has always seemed to be pretty accurate for me (assuming you are “average” at flip turns).
The standard conversion among swimmers was 1 second per turn difference- so 100 SCM (3 turns) vs. 100 LCM (1 turn) = 2 seconds faster. That has always seemed to be pretty accurate for me (assuming you are “average” at flip turns).
Ya, that’s what I’ve always thought, you gain 1 sec/turn. Quite useful to know if you’re forced to swim in say a 20 yd pool, or even at one point a 16.67 yd pool.
2% is the accepted number
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It can depend greatly on the athlete. I see a huge difference between anything short course when going to long course because I have quick, tight flipturns (from swimming 50/100 in HS) and I’m a slower swimmer that benefits from the momentum gained from each push off the wall.