Swimming: how to beat the girl that's a millisecond ahead of you in breast and free??

Question

Swimming: how to beat the girl that's a millisecond ahead of you in breast and free??

i swim during the summer and these girls that are like not even a full second ahead of me and i really really want to beat them! any advice?

Answer 1

focus on your turns. you'd be surprised how much time time can be shaved with an efficient turn.

Answer 2

Strong, quick turns, fast underwater, and improve your reaction on the start, who knows, the .05 better reaction could be the difference...

Answer 3

Get a really good start and turns.  Also on the last lap, after the last line of flags, DON'T take a breath and swim as fast as you can.  And after the flags for breaststoke REACHHHH!

Answer 4

To beat this girl you have to be better than they are in their weak spots; better start, breath control, turn, underwater swimming, etc.  In the free you are faster on top of the water than under so get up and swim.  If it comes down to touching someone out at the wall make sure you go into the wall rotated to your side for free with no little strokes into the finish.  Your body is longer on its side than it is flat and it takes over a second to take that additional stroke but less to  kicks into the finish.

Answer 5

Try praticeing more and improving your technique our if you just need to beat them badly try shaving your arms and legs it causes drag and slows you down. if you do that you would beat them easly