Having just gotten back into competetive swimming after a long reprieve (18 years since college), I've been curious about some of the latest techniques and stroke mechanics. And I feel like I've just emerged from the dark ages.
Apparently "swimming tall", and more importantly "front quadrant" swimming have revolutionized the sport according to some of the publications that I've delved into. Suprisingly after some experimentation the new techniques have really reduced the drag effect that I've been battling over the past few months.
But I always thought that sprinters tend to move through the water like hydroplanes, not like sailboats with a roll from side to side. Any thoughts on the art of "fishlike swimming"?
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Val:
Sorry, after reading your last post I'm not sure I conveyed my thoughts on those particular sprinters' hip rolls properly. What I meant to point out was that the two women sprinters have very little apparent hip roll. Popov has more than those two, but it's still not as if he rolls completely to his side. I think if you watch a majority of the top sprinters, there is less hip roll apparent than watching the middle-distance and long-distance swimmers.
-RM
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Val:
Sorry, after reading your last post I'm not sure I conveyed my thoughts on those particular sprinters' hip rolls properly. What I meant to point out was that the two women sprinters have very little apparent hip roll. Popov has more than those two, but it's still not as if he rolls completely to his side. I think if you watch a majority of the top sprinters, there is less hip roll apparent than watching the middle-distance and long-distance swimmers.
-RM
