500 Fly: worthy challenge or arrogant showboating?
Former Member
A kid swam the 500 all fly in a high school dual meet yesterday. His coach was furious and benched him for the rest of the meet. One of my lane mates this morning, who was the Starter at this meet said that was showboating and demeaning to the other competitors. I disagree. Was that any more demeaning than swimming free and lapping people? Plus, I saw the flyer ask everyone in the heat if it would bother them. Even on the blocks he said "Are you sure you guys are OK with this?"
Parents
Former Member
Hmmm, the conditioning from doing 500s Fly may have been useful. The kid who is the subject of this thread is Justin Wright who went from 5th to 1st in the last 50 to win the 200 Fly at Sr. Nationals this week. :applaud:
Hmmm, the conditioning from doing 500s Fly may have been useful. The kid who is the subject of this thread is Justin Wright who went from 5th to 1st in the last 50 to win the 200 Fly at Sr. Nationals this week. :applaud:
