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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can't get in the pool to start laps, your kid can run to improve overall cardio.  Swimming and running are the ultimate compliments to one another.  So running and sprints will help for swimming - it translates.  If he can start doing situps, pushups, and pullups that will help as well because it will increase his strength and his pulls for swim.

Finally, there is very little substitute for kick drills in the water.  So important for swim but he could practice "kicking" sitting on a chair.[/quote]

Swimming isn’t like running where everyone kinda sorta knows how to do it. Endurance from running doesn’t translate to endurance in swimming. Ask former runners who are turning into triathletes and have incredible cardio, but are gassed after 100 yards when they first start swimming.

Even if it did translate, if OP’s child is on the slower end of the spectrum in 50 yard races, it’s not primarily due to a lack of endurance or muscular strength. It’s technique. There’s no short cut to technique instruction. You could have the endurance of a Sherpa and the strength of a weightlifter, but if the technique is bad, you won’t go anywhere.

It’s like saying a beginner tennis player can improve by working on cardio, pull-ups, and bicep curls without hitting the ball. Technique is essential for both sports. [/quote]

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