Imagine you get to arrange four swimmers into a freestyle relay team. They are within ~10% difference when it comes to times.
Would you do the most popular arrangement?
1st leg - 2nd fastest swimmer
2nd leg - 3rd fastest swimmer
3rd leg - slowest swimmer
4th leg - fastest swimmer
...or a different one? Would you consider other factors besides speed such as personality, experience, etc.? Does it make a difference if it is 4x50 or 4x200?
So what order would you put them in?
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1) If you've got someone without much relay start experience, put that person first.
2) Put your best racer last.
THIS... or, the weakest relay starter goes first. I had plenty of experience, but still very poor relay starts. Led off almost every free relay I was ever on back in college because my flat start was pretty good back then.
1) If you've got someone without much relay start experience, put that person first.
2) Put your best racer last.
THIS... or, the weakest relay starter goes first. I had plenty of experience, but still very poor relay starts. Led off almost every free relay I was ever on back in college because my flat start was pretty good back then.
