Good Morning Forumites,
I have a question for you. We all know the fifth stroke is considered the underwater butterfly kick. It doesn't matter if it is used off freestyle, backstroke, or butterfly turns.
How much time have you dropped in your respective events after you have implemented a 10-15 meter underwater dolphin kick off each wall?
I am looking for input from butterflyers, backstrokers, and freestylers. The events would consist of below:
100, 200 free
100, 200 fly
100, 200 back
Another question, hypothetically, if USA Swimming and US Masters abolished the 15 meter underwater rule and established a 5 meter underwater rule, how much would times slow down on average?
Thank You for your input.
Good Morning Forumites,
Another question, hypothetically, if USA Swimming and US Masters abolished the 15 meter underwater rule and established a 5 meter underwater rule, how much would times slow down on average?
Thank You for your input.
I doubt seriously if the underwater portion of strokes could be reduced anywhere near 5 meters. That is the distance of the flags from the wall. I don't know of many swimmers that don't go farther than 5 meters (head breaking surface) on every turn, including lazy warm up turns.
I've spent lots of time and effort trying to determine the fastest way for me to get to 15 meters (both off starts and turns). This involves not only pure under water speed, but your breakout effectiveness. I use the most SDK's for backstroke (as close to 15 meters as possible as I'm a weak backstroker), 4 or 5 for fly and 3 to 4 for free.
Good Morning Forumites,
Another question, hypothetically, if USA Swimming and US Masters abolished the 15 meter underwater rule and established a 5 meter underwater rule, how much would times slow down on average?
Thank You for your input.
I doubt seriously if the underwater portion of strokes could be reduced anywhere near 5 meters. That is the distance of the flags from the wall. I don't know of many swimmers that don't go farther than 5 meters (head breaking surface) on every turn, including lazy warm up turns.
I've spent lots of time and effort trying to determine the fastest way for me to get to 15 meters (both off starts and turns). This involves not only pure under water speed, but your breakout effectiveness. I use the most SDK's for backstroke (as close to 15 meters as possible as I'm a weak backstroker), 4 or 5 for fly and 3 to 4 for free.
