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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yes, I've noticed that breaststrokers comes in all sizes and forms, and it seemed that's why some view breaststroke as the most "technically interesting", as in, different, stroke of them all, because genetics has less of a part to play in it...(unfortunately my less than adequate underwater breaststroke does not provide me the experience stated above.. :P)
I think that the longer the distance a freestyle swim is, the less the height thing has an effect. With "perfect technique", the height thing only comes into play during the peak velocity of a short sprint, which is not really reached in distance swim...in sprint swim yes, but then sprint is only a small part of the events available...
yes, I've noticed that breaststrokers comes in all sizes and forms, and it seemed that's why some view breaststroke as the most "technically interesting", as in, different, stroke of them all, because genetics has less of a part to play in it...(unfortunately my less than adequate underwater breaststroke does not provide me the experience stated above.. :P)
I think that the longer the distance a freestyle swim is, the less the height thing has an effect. With "perfect technique", the height thing only comes into play during the peak velocity of a short sprint, which is not really reached in distance swim...in sprint swim yes, but then sprint is only a small part of the events available...
