FINA banned the shiny suits partially because they gave some people an unfair advantage.Then they turn around and OK adding the fins to the blocks.They supposedly make starts 0.2-0.4 faster.That is not a trivial amount especially in a 50.Being able to practice with them before a meet that has them is undoubtedly beneficial.Very few swimmers will have access to them on a regular basis.Is this fair,what say you?
FINA banned the shiny suits partially because they gave some people an unfair advantage.Then they turn around and OK adding the fins to the blocks.They supposedly make starts 0.2-0.4 faster.That is not a trivial amount especially in a 50.Being able to practice with them before a meet that has them is undoubtedly beneficial.Very few swimmers will have access to them on a regular basis.Is this fair,what say you?
Who cares about 50s? :bolt:
Is the problem, in your opinion, that most people can't practice on them or that not all meets have them?
The blocks seem to me to be similar to advances in lane line technology or having deep/fast pools or better gutters. But I've never used the fin blocks and have no idea how easy/hard it is to get used to them. (Then again, I don't use track starts... :))
I don't think there is too much of a parallel to the tech suits, the worst idea ever. The suit lovers all predicted that no record would ever be broken again and that swimming would plummet in popularity, and we all see how that worked out.
I just don't see these blocks having all that much of an impact, and probably at some point most pools will have them. Until then it will be just a feature of the pool: some pools are faster than others.
FINA banned the shiny suits partially because they gave some people an unfair advantage.Then they turn around and OK adding the fins to the blocks.They supposedly make starts 0.2-0.4 faster.That is not a trivial amount especially in a 50.Being able to practice with them before a meet that has them is undoubtedly beneficial.Very few swimmers will have access to them on a regular basis.Is this fair,what say you?
Who cares about 50s? :bolt:
Is the problem, in your opinion, that most people can't practice on them or that not all meets have them?
The blocks seem to me to be similar to advances in lane line technology or having deep/fast pools or better gutters. But I've never used the fin blocks and have no idea how easy/hard it is to get used to them. (Then again, I don't use track starts... :))
I don't think there is too much of a parallel to the tech suits, the worst idea ever. The suit lovers all predicted that no record would ever be broken again and that swimming would plummet in popularity, and we all see how that worked out.
I just don't see these blocks having all that much of an impact, and probably at some point most pools will have them. Until then it will be just a feature of the pool: some pools are faster than others.
