The Fastest Age

Originally posted by lefty Lets regroup this discussion a little, the tangents are becoming outlandish. Ion core belief: Not swimming from age 13-19 is a hinderance to swimming development. His explanation for this hinderance is that is the age when VO2 max is developed. Connie and myself agree with Ion in that not swimming from age 13-19 is a hinderance, but we believe that the root of the hinderance has many parts of which VO2 developement max is one. I do not know were geek, Arcuni, jeff, gull or anyone else stands on the issue. So I am drawing the line in the sand: Make your opinion known here and now! In a nutshell - Not Swimming from 13-19 is a limiting factor to your success as an adult swimmer - IF you define success by the time it takes you to get from point A to point B. I believe that learning fine motor skillsand coordination is the biggest issue - not VO2 max.

Originally posted by lefty Lets regroup this discussion a little, the tangents are becoming outlandish. Ion core belief: Not swimming from age 13-19 is a hinderance to swimming development. His explanation for this hinderance is that is the age when VO2 max is developed. Connie and myself agree with Ion in that not swimming from age 13-19 is a hinderance, but we believe that the root of the hinderance has many parts of which VO2 developement max is one. I do not know were geek, Arcuni, jeff, gull or anyone else stands on the issue. So I am drawing the line in the sand: Make your opinion known here and now! In a nutshell - Not Swimming from 13-19 is a limiting factor to your success as an adult swimmer - IF you define success by the time it takes you to get from point A to point B. I believe that learning fine motor skillsand coordination is the biggest issue - not VO2 max.