starts

I'm just glad when, after I've hit the water, my goggles are still on my face after the start! :cool:

Amen to that!

I figure a new thread could be started on just starts. I would like the Olympic Trials Thread to continue as the Long Beach Thread. I was taught to do the "MONKEY" (Micheal Collins)-grab start and then shake the carpet (Scott Williams). :-) That's what I learned at the Olympic training camp this year. I do the track start only for freestyle. I mostly do the grab start for fly and ***.

For me a grab start works best. Done both types of starts and I like the grab start better.

Me neither.

in the water for me...but i do not compete..only against myself....knocked a whole minute off my 1500m free today...i'm sooooooo high i think i'm not coming back down....

"Wall start?" Isn't that the same as an "in the water start?" :confused: Anyway, I more or less fall in the water after trying a grab start (hopefully AFTER the starting signal). So I guess you could it a "fall" start. :p My coach once saw me try a track start and he told me to never, ever do it again.

Grab start for me. I just really never got the hang of the track start...or winding up for the relay start.

Originally posted by sparx35 in the water for me...but i do not compete..only against myself....knocked a whole minute off my 1500m free today...i'm sooooooo high i think i'm not coming back down.... Congrats on the improvement. I compete against myself (and the clock) too. I focus more on my 100 time and it is great when I can drop it some.

I'm too big to do a grab start or a track start. I just fall in short and glide long. See how big I am www.swimdownhill.com under todays workout.