Strokes/ pulls per lap

*The question is the next paragraph if you want to skip*

So generally I just get in the pool and swim laps, I try not to get too competitive w/ myself so I just did that for a while. Would swim for sometime between 45 mins to an hour. Lately I’ve been trying to time myself to get a better sense of my technique and style in order to improve. I do ok (good training from childhood) and also have improved since joining this sub. I’m now on 100m/ 01:50 freestyle. (Down from 02:30 thanks to tips from here 😍)

Now to my question. A colleague that also swims told me that when I improve my technique I will be doing less strokes per lap. I counted somwhere between 20-23 pulls/ strokes per lap and he said I should be at 18. Is this a sensible way to be monitoring my swim? B/c my times are improving w/ the tips he gave me… And I even got that feeling in your muscles when you can feel that something clicked and it’s all more efficient. And I havent been changing my overall pace and kick (not sprinting) but still 22 pulls average! Is it b/c of my height maybe? He’s a few cm taller than me, could that be it? Im so confused lol. Anyway getting a garmin soon.

Thanks for reading all this!

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