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!! :)
before I joined a masters team, I was primarily swimming freestyle. But once I joined masters, I started learning how to swim the other strokes just because I didn't want to mess up with my lane's "flow". I started liking it, especially when I feel my arms are getting too tired doing the same motion over and over again. It's good to switch to another stroke just to keep moving when I'm swimming solo.
I found that I really like backstroke. Its basically freestyle on your back and you don't have to worry about breathing! Also, I read somewhere that you can build a better endurance if you swim different strokes. So why not...
What I really want to know is why isn't the double arm back one of the official strokes. I've been told that I have the fastest double arm back in the team. Just saying...
before I joined a masters team, I was primarily swimming freestyle. But once I joined masters, I started learning how to swim the other strokes just because I didn't want to mess up with my lane's "flow". I started liking it, especially when I feel my arms are getting too tired doing the same motion over and over again. It's good to switch to another stroke just to keep moving when I'm swimming solo.
I found that I really like backstroke. Its basically freestyle on your back and you don't have to worry about breathing! Also, I read somewhere that you can build a better endurance if you swim different strokes. So why not...
What I really want to know is why isn't the double arm back one of the official strokes. I've been told that I have the fastest double arm back in the team. Just saying...
