Why Sprinters Should Test Tempo to Find Hidden Speed

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Fast sprinting means swimmers have to use a fast stroke rate.
It’s one of the defining features of sprint freestylin’—the white water turnover, chaotic arm movement, recovering and pulling on the brink of losing control.
Stroke tempo is also what change the timing and coordination as we shift into sprint speeds. Increasing tempo changes how the arms work together, helping swimmers get into the more rapid turnover and overlapping propulsion r