track starts

Exactly! When you hit your entry correctly you get a sense of acceleration right after entry. If your body creates turbulance it's like putting on the brakes. I've gotten to be more consistent hitting a clean entry with the track start so I've made the switch. I'm still toying with weight forward/neutral/back, initial head position and what to do with my arms. Watch some of the best sprinters in the world, some of them throw the calf on their back foot up and forward while their front foot is still attached to the block. Meet results show RT / Reaction Time, but RT is really "block time" It's the amount of time swimmers spent on the block after the gun goes off. True RT is the amount of time that passes between the beep and the swimmers first starting movement on the block. Looks like RTs are faster in meets that have wedge blocks. Wedges for the back foot. At the UT Swim Center with blocks with out wedges the best sprinters RT under 0.70. Vlad Morozof has RTed under 0.60 in several races.

Exactly! When you hit your entry correctly you get a sense of acceleration right after entry. If your body creates turbulance it's like putting on the brakes. I've gotten to be more consistent hitting a clean entry with the track start so I've made the switch. I'm still toying with weight forward/neutral/back, initial head position and what to do with my arms. Watch some of the best sprinters in the world, some of them throw the calf on their back foot up and forward while their front foot is still attached to the block. Meet results show RT / Reaction Time, but RT is really "block time" It's the amount of time swimmers spent on the block after the gun goes off. True RT is the amount of time that passes between the beep and the swimmers first starting movement on the block. Looks like RTs are faster in meets that have wedge blocks. Wedges for the back foot. At the UT Swim Center with blocks with out wedges the best sprinters RT under 0.70. Vlad Morozof has RTed under 0.60 in several races.