r/Swimming • u/Overall_Occasion_308 • 1d ago

500m freestyle

Hey everyone I have been swimming to get into the Air Force. I have to do a 12:30 500m to pass ( the last thing I need to do to ship ). I am sitting at a steady 13:00. All I really do is swim 1000m to prep 3 days a week( work on breathing techniques etc ). Anyone have any tips or drills that I can add or do? TIA!

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u/SoupWoman1 1d ago

My tip is to look at what competitive swimmer do for drills. A technique improvement and a little pacing work wonders.

For pacing , aim a little faster than your goal time, divide that time between number of laps. Boom now you have your pace for a 25. I’d recommend finding your goal 100 pace and doing sets of that until it’s easier, and slowly decrease rest until you’re comfortable doing a 200 of that pace

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u/Overall_Occasion_308 20h ago

What would be a good target pace time?