As a petite female in her upper 30's is there anything I can do to overcome my height limitation when it comes to competitive swimming?
I stand at 5ft. 2 1/2 inches and know that I'm at a disadvantage purely based on my height alone. Are there certain events that would be better geared towards the petite swimmer than other events?
I was 5'81/2 in college and shorter than that now. Lots of breaststrokers are short. Kitajima was 5'8". Dave Radcliffe is shorter than I am and he is an amazing ,multiple Masters World Record holding, distance freestyler. Taller swimmers have an advantage on the surface due to less wave drag. They have no such advantage underwater. Leslie Livingston is a little taller than you. She has worked so that her underwater dolphin kicks are amazing and she set several Masters World Records.
I was 5'81/2 in college and shorter than that now. Lots of breaststrokers are short. Kitajima was 5'8". Dave Radcliffe is shorter than I am and he is an amazing ,multiple Masters World Record holding, distance freestyler. Taller swimmers have an advantage on the surface due to less wave drag. They have no such advantage underwater. Leslie Livingston is a little taller than you. She has worked so that her underwater dolphin kicks are amazing and she set several Masters World Records.
