I was wondering if being tall gives you an advantage in swimming because alot of the olympic male swimmers today are over 6 feet.
What do you guys think?
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well, I think height matter ONLY when you get up to a certain speed... Below that speed, the "boat" is not travelling fast enough for height to be of concern... I am a casual swimmer, and I usually swim a lot faster than ppl who are taller than me, simply because they have horrible technique...
I am suspecting that height has less of an effect in *** stroke than in say freestyle... maybe it's that speed issue... maybe it's the whole streamline issue...
However, there are other things that "comes" with height... feet/hand sizes are usually one of them, all can affect the speed of swimming...
well, I think height matter ONLY when you get up to a certain speed... Below that speed, the "boat" is not travelling fast enough for height to be of concern... I am a casual swimmer, and I usually swim a lot faster than ppl who are taller than me, simply because they have horrible technique...
I am suspecting that height has less of an effect in *** stroke than in say freestyle... maybe it's that speed issue... maybe it's the whole streamline issue...
However, there are other things that "comes" with height... feet/hand sizes are usually one of them, all can affect the speed of swimming...
