Dives: Once and for all, how much faster do they make you?
Former Member
Ok so we all know how well dives make you go faster, compared to pushing off the wall or flip turn, but how much faster??
I ask this mainly because I am sure I'm not the only one during training curious on how much faster that 100 or 200 would've been if I dove in. Maybe a second??
Also: RELAY EXCHANGES
I'm also curious on average how much faster are you relay splits than your regular races just because of the relay exchange??
Thanks for your help!! :D
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I disagree, You're split is to the feet and the finish is to the hand. That's a significant difference. Even the best swimmers slow down on the second half of a race.
This is true, but I think the difference in splits would give you an idea of the maximum impact of a dive. I just looked through the Top 10 for 18-24 males last year on 100 SCY. The average difference in splits was 1.964 seconds. The minimum was 0.99. The maximum was 3.18.
From this, I think it's no more than two or three seconds benefit from the dive and for the reasons knelson cites, probably less.
There might be differences if this estimate if you take various ages and abilities into account, if someone wants to take the time . . .
I disagree, You're split is to the feet and the finish is to the hand. That's a significant difference. Even the best swimmers slow down on the second half of a race.
This is true, but I think the difference in splits would give you an idea of the maximum impact of a dive. I just looked through the Top 10 for 18-24 males last year on 100 SCY. The average difference in splits was 1.964 seconds. The minimum was 0.99. The maximum was 3.18.
From this, I think it's no more than two or three seconds benefit from the dive and for the reasons knelson cites, probably less.
There might be differences if this estimate if you take various ages and abilities into account, if someone wants to take the time . . .
