6' 1" starting to shrink to 6' 1/2"; age 49; best time as masters (two years ago): 52.09; most recent 100 free: 52.46
Height probably matters a little, but it's only one of multiple factors. at the Y nationals in ft. lauderdale, there was one average-height guy (I won't mention his name) who seemed to me to have a completely non-swimmers body but was blindingly fast and had the endurance of canadian goose flying from canada to south america without stopping...
strength and flexibility and technique--plus the unseeen legions of fast and slow twitch muscles beneathe the skin--probably are much more significant factors than height.
6' 1" starting to shrink to 6' 1/2"; age 49; best time as masters (two years ago): 52.09; most recent 100 free: 52.46
Height probably matters a little, but it's only one of multiple factors. at the Y nationals in ft. lauderdale, there was one average-height guy (I won't mention his name) who seemed to me to have a completely non-swimmers body but was blindingly fast and had the endurance of canadian goose flying from canada to south america without stopping...
strength and flexibility and technique--plus the unseeen legions of fast and slow twitch muscles beneathe the skin--probably are much more significant factors than height.
