Am I alone in pursuing freestyle only?
I never understood/appreciated anything other than "swim as fast as you can from A to B".
I was a long time hard-core runner, and the different swimstrokes seems to me to be akin to running backwards or sideways. (Or....heaven forbid......Racewalking!!)
Why shouldn't swimming follow the same path as running? Ie No stroke rules. Just go from A to B in the water anyway you wish? As fast as you can.
School me! Kick my ass! In my newbieness I cannot understand anything other than "A to B in the water as fast as you can."
Why do we have these 4 different strokes? It seems like a beauty contest. (I expect to be crucified for such blasphemy.)
Educate me, USMS people. Help me understand why you would want to find a way to swim slower!! :)
As someone who mainly likes and does distance free, the others are nice to break things up a bit and use different muscles. I'm not a fan of *** at all, but tolerate it on occasion - which is to say, I do it like some of the bobbers/noodlers. I prefer the term "aficionado" or "specialist" to "snob" :)
As someone who mainly likes and does distance free, the others are nice to break things up a bit and use different muscles. I'm not a fan of *** at all, but tolerate it on occasion - which is to say, I do it like some of the bobbers/noodlers. I prefer the term "aficionado" or "specialist" to "snob" :)
