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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It does, but there are exceptions. I remember as a kid racing a short scrawny-looking dude in the 500 free and before the race thinking I'd have no trouble (I was a tall scrawny-looking dude, used to my height advantage). Well this short kid was an exceptional distance swimmer (5:00 - 5:10 or so at age 13-14) and beat me by quite a bit.
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It does, but there are exceptions. I remember as a kid racing a short scrawny-looking dude in the 500 free and before the race thinking I'd have no trouble (I was a tall scrawny-looking dude, used to my height advantage). Well this short kid was an exceptional distance swimmer (5:00 - 5:10 or so at age 13-14) and beat me by quite a bit.
