Saturday mornings are typically a quality practice for Bob Bowman’s training group at Arizona State, and this Saturday (December 16, 2023) was no different. This practice was long course and the main set was simple:
4x
- 50 kick 1:00
- 100 drill 2:00
- 150 FAST 3:00 (bank open)
- 200 EZ 4:00
Followed by:
6x
- 50 EZ 1:00
- 50 FAST 1:00 (bank open)
Will they be attending Knoxville PS?
Regan made the right choice. Think she’s crazy fast this year
Alex Colson throwing down that entire practice, excited to see what he can put together this year.
How fast is FAST? is it just all out?
When splitting by speed, most programs have “fast” and “all out”. Fast is basically your fastest where you can turn around and do another one. “All out” is “I need a break”.
I asked the ASU coaches to jump in and help clarify, so hopefully they do!
Pretty fun. With some of the higher profile sports wagering sites taking on swimming now, I suspect you could get a pretty good parlay to have Marchand(#3 all-time performer; balanced & fit), Kharun(#16; strong, like buuulll) and Urlando(#18; light and quick; shoulder didn’t seem to be hindering him anymore, but I still think his freestyle has been more promising in this return) all in the 200 fly final in Paris. Nearly 1/2 above them retired. And Kalisz (1:26.7 on last 150) and Colson (behind Marchand) looking good enough to be dark horses for Team USA in that event.
Luca and Leon going head to head in practice was fun to watch. I know, *insert Allen Inverson quote here*, but Urlando was on quite the trajectory before he dealt with those shoulder injuries, like a Leon’s 1:52.4 may not be out of his ballpark kind of trajectory…
Awesome! Just wondering – do college coaches get paid more for running pro groups?
I wood have thought Leon was going to be faster than everybody else ! Surprise to see he is being challenged by the others. It shows how good this group is !
There is this interview (in French) where he says that many people challenge him. (Regan Smith in particular as they often share the same lane). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izK0pyxNXpM
He also says that one should be careful not to always go full speed while training, otherwise you will not be able to perform when it really counts.