The Fastest Age

I am not saying little 10 year olds cannot get decent times, I am saying that the ones that were pointed out doing 26's are probably large for their age. I also said that probably 99% of the really, really fast ones were large for their age. I have seen the little scrawny fast ones doing amazing things, but after timing at state meets where most of the 10 year old boys and girls that were in finals were bigger than me, it does seem that at a younger age, size is a factor. Especially in freestyle. In fly and ***, the lighter weight youngster does seem to excel if they have good technique. Amanda Beard was very fast in 96 and has trouble matching those times because she got a lot bigger. Although I also know some very very large breaststrokers also. Also, the 10 year olds doing 26's would not be doing 26's unless they had decent technique and decent training and decent coaching. Over time it does even out, and the ones who put the training and technique time in do reap the benefits. This thread has so many directions in it, it is actually quite funny. What is the record length to a thread. Does the software have a limit on pages? Let's try to test it out and see!

I am not saying little 10 year olds cannot get decent times, I am saying that the ones that were pointed out doing 26's are probably large for their age. I also said that probably 99% of the really, really fast ones were large for their age. I have seen the little scrawny fast ones doing amazing things, but after timing at state meets where most of the 10 year old boys and girls that were in finals were bigger than me, it does seem that at a younger age, size is a factor. Especially in freestyle. In fly and ***, the lighter weight youngster does seem to excel if they have good technique. Amanda Beard was very fast in 96 and has trouble matching those times because she got a lot bigger. Although I also know some very very large breaststrokers also. Also, the 10 year olds doing 26's would not be doing 26's unless they had decent technique and decent training and decent coaching. Over time it does even out, and the ones who put the training and technique time in do reap the benefits. This thread has so many directions in it, it is actually quite funny. What is the record length to a thread. Does the software have a limit on pages? Let's try to test it out and see!