In the finals of the 1500 at Worlds, I noticed that all of the swimmers were breathing on the first stroke coming out of their turns instead of taking a pull with the deeper arm and breathing on the second stroke. Any thoughts?
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In the finals of the 1500 at Worlds, I noticed that all of the swimmers were breathing on the first stroke coming out of their turns instead of taking a pull with the deeper arm and breathing on the second stroke. Any thoughts?
What do you mean by first stroke? I always breath on the first hand strike, which is the third arm pull.
I think Sun Yang is similiar to The Albatross. Here is that crazy 1984 4x200 where Hayes pulled out an amazing performance, but I am linking it so you can see Michael Gross breathing on the first stroke.
1984 Olympic Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay final - YouTube
6:25, 6:52
Gross was listed at 6'7" with a wingspan of nearly 7', and I understand Sun Yang is 6'6" with a notably big wingspan as well.
His position resembles someone with a pull buoy. Feet and hips high without much effort to maintain this position, even with looking slightly forward. I guess he his the perfect build for distance swimming
Same here. Unlike the standardized camera angle from the bleachers, the overhead view dramatically changes the perspective of each race. You really get a sense of how fast they're actually moving.
Hope they do lots of this during the broadcast this summer.
Someone took all the underwaters shots, strung them together and saved it in slow motion. If you want to get your stroke distance close to 2m/stroke, it is quite educational.
Sun Yang Front Crawl Technique (Under Water & Slow Motion) - YouTube
As conclusion you breath for optimal results when racing. Practice will cover finding what is optimal, an ongoing experiment, but useless unless I learn how to breath efficiently. Otherwise I'll be better off holding my breath, which is slower for anything over a length.
As standard for efficient breathing it is safe to say Sun Yang's approach is the the ideal model. Scott Tucker is another.
What is distinctive about Tucker's breathing? (he was my roommate at the last USS meet I did in 1995)
That's cool !
In the footage I've seen he manages to take a breath while the top goggle lense is still partially submerged. I keep the bottom one under, but not both.
As conclusion you breath for optimal results when racing. Practice will cover finding what is optimal, an ongoing experiment, but useless unless I learn how to breath efficiently. Otherwise I'll be better off holding my breath, which is slower for anything over a length.
As standard for efficient breathing it is safe to say Sun Yang's approach is the the ideal model. Scott Tucker is another.
That's cool !
In the footage I've seen he manages to take a breath while the top goggle lense is still partially submerged. I keep the bottom one under, but not both.
That guy was the most talented swimmer I ever encountered. He just skimmed across the top of the water. When I knew him, he wasn't particularly interested in pushing himself, but would do whatever the coach told him to without complaint. Since this is a distance thread, I'll make a relevant tie in. One time, 100 meter guy Scott Tucker did LCM 12x400 on 5:00 with me.
Why thank you! You should probably encounter more swimmers, however.
After I hit "submit reply" I thought crap, I better edit that. Then decided nah, he won't catch it. So every time you log in, you do a search for those two words?
