Swim in pool at West Park

In the morning, I got up at 8:00am, went to decal office to renew my campus parking decal, before 9:00am, I got to the pool. It is my first time to swim here.
The entrance fee is $2.20. The pool is 50m instead of yard long. There was only one lady in the pool when I got there. She left in around 9:30am, and I was only one who swam in the pool for another half an hour before suddenly a bunch of elementary students came in with their teacher.
I swam 100m easy free style, flutter kick with board 100m (3'10", same as 2'54" 100yard). Then 100m easy free style. I change my scheme from timing every 100m to timing the whole 400 meter in whole. It was sub 13' to finished the 400 meters. It was about 3'10" for first 100 meters, but 6'30" for 200 meters since I was tired. But I continued, and finished next 200 meters faster. So the total time is about 12'55" or so. This drill gives me feeling of how to kick when I am tired. After the 400m flutter kick, I easy swim 100m with focus on hand stroke. Then a TI drill 5, skating, mostly on my right side (left side up), for 100m. I then time my 100m free style, and ironically enough, it was 2'44", no faster then my flutter kick. I also timed my breaststroke and it was 2'40" for 100m. Today's total is 1000 meters.
My goals before fall semester begins:
1 to swim 2000m per day. (under 70minutes)
2 500 m flutter kick, 100m under 3' and 400 m under 12'30".
3 1000 m freestyle: 1X100m under 2'40" 3X100m under 2'35" 3X200m under 5'20".
4 300 m breaststroke, 100m under 2'30", 200m under 5'05".
5 200-300m TI drills, doing each drills per day.

Some drills for front crawl freestyle

Mallorca swim drills

Some more video clips

Part I - Jimmy Swim Lesson - Freestyle/Backstroke/Kicking


Part 2 - Jimmy Swim Lessons - Breaststroke


Part 3 - Jimmy Swim Lesson - Butterfly

End of the semester

Assessment go perfect score and written test is 48, finally got an A.
I think I made progress on getting to know the problems of freestyle swimming. I know what a good form should be and did a lot of practice in flutter kick. I am mostly satisfied with what I got from the class.

Medleys practice

I practiced flip turn in the swimming pool of our apartment on Saturday, but still feel getting water into my nose. Today, I used most of the practice time to do the flip turn. I feel I sometime can do it well, but it is not constant. I tried backstroke turn, I had difficult in doing both kind of turns. I also practice a little breaststroke turn. Helen asked instructor and found out we just need to do one kind of turn in our skill assessment. I feel released. Then I started to practice backstroke, which is my weakest point then.
I am going to practice more on backstroke tomorrow.

Flip turn

We learn 5 kinds of turn today. Front flip turn for front crawl, backstroke turn, backstroke spin turn, open turn for breaststroke, and butterfly turn.

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For backstroke turn:
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Butterfly turn:

Dental appointment

Today, I have an appointment with my dentist at 8:30 am. So I ask instructor a leave with practice after class. I got up at 7:00am and got the pool at 7:30am and practice backstroke and flutter kick. I think it the 30min is a little bit shorter for a make up. I will come tomorrow morning for another half hour to make up the absence.
My flutter kick 100 yards has a best record today for 2'34". I hope I can get into 2'30" before the end of class.