Are Triathletes worth the dues they pay toward Masters Swimming?
I say we force all Triathletes to spend one day a week in the sprint lane, one day a week doing stroke (i.e. IM) work, and then make them focus on their starts and turns.
This invasion needs to be controlled.... :-)
John Smith
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I think John would light a match at a gas pump just to provoke a good discussion...coached a group of tri's years ago for their swim portion & was amazed at their unwillingness (in general) to consider flip turns ("won't use them in a race, coach; But, Biff, doing a flip turn would stop you from taking that great big bonus breath on your hideously-inefficient open turns therefore aiding in your conditioning!") different strokes ("freestyle is fastest, coach, I don't want to learn another stroke: But, Goof, what if your goggles are knicked off, you cramp up, get overtired- it would be a real asset to be able to temporarily switch strokes-Goof, please stop looking at your pace-watch").
It was also amazing and very tempting to abuse their trust as they were totally open trying any sort of ludicrous diet suggestion or equipment variation is search of 'an edge' rather than applying due effort to solid technical stroke improvement.
Oh, I do go on...say, John, have you heard that Tall Paul secretly always wanted to be a triathlete?
I think John would light a match at a gas pump just to provoke a good discussion...coached a group of tri's years ago for their swim portion & was amazed at their unwillingness (in general) to consider flip turns ("won't use them in a race, coach; But, Biff, doing a flip turn would stop you from taking that great big bonus breath on your hideously-inefficient open turns therefore aiding in your conditioning!") different strokes ("freestyle is fastest, coach, I don't want to learn another stroke: But, Goof, what if your goggles are knicked off, you cramp up, get overtired- it would be a real asset to be able to temporarily switch strokes-Goof, please stop looking at your pace-watch").
It was also amazing and very tempting to abuse their trust as they were totally open trying any sort of ludicrous diet suggestion or equipment variation is search of 'an edge' rather than applying due effort to solid technical stroke improvement.
Oh, I do go on...say, John, have you heard that Tall Paul secretly always wanted to be a triathlete?
