I can answer that, it's speed.
Seriously, how about
1. efficency,
2. balance,
3. talent and,
4. athletic capacity?
That is doesn't help very much. For example, there are plenty of triathletes with much greater athletic capacity (4) who still get absolutely smoked in the water.
Reminds me of people commenting on football games. "The team needs to run better and stop the pass." Yeah, that's true, but its so general and generic to be completely useless as advice.
In any case, that was a rhetorical question. There are plenty of books (including TI) that describe changes in technique for the average swimmer that would make big improvements in speed.
I can answer that, it's speed.
Seriously, how about
1. efficency,
2. balance,
3. talent and,
4. athletic capacity?
That is doesn't help very much. For example, there are plenty of triathletes with much greater athletic capacity (4) who still get absolutely smoked in the water.
Reminds me of people commenting on football games. "The team needs to run better and stop the pass." Yeah, that's true, but its so general and generic to be completely useless as advice.
In any case, that was a rhetorical question. There are plenty of books (including TI) that describe changes in technique for the average swimmer that would make big improvements in speed.