﻿{"id":198591,"date":"2016-04-20T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T19:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=198591"},"modified":"2016-04-20T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T20:11:22","slug":"set-of-the-week-super-550-kick-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/set-of-the-week-super-550-kick-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Of The Week: Super 550 Kick Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming World\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set Of The Week! This week\u2019s set is a short kick set designed to get high quality effort from your athletes. While the set is presented as a kick set, it can also be done with full stroke swimming, drills, pulling, or whatever else your heart desires! Take a look below and see the set and read about how to utilize it with your team:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 x 550 kick as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25-<\/span><b>25<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>50<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>75<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>50<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>75<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>50<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25-<\/span><b>25<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-25<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 interval = :30 per 25 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 bolded distances are FAST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first, this set can seem totally random. But, if you look closely, there is a distinct pattern that your swimmers will be able to pick up on. The progression happens on every other distance in the 550. As the \u201ceven\u201d distances increase and decrease through the set, the \u201codd\u201d distances are always just a 25. The even distances that increases incrementally should be fast, while the odd 25\u2019s in between should always be easy. If you were to draw out the progression of the even distances, it would look like a volcano as every other distance ascends, then descends briefly, then ascends briefly, and then descends again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this is a short and effective kick set, you can also use this pattern in many ways to get high quality work out of your athletes while keeping them engaged. 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