Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I've been watching the videos of the Montreal World Championships from swim.ee, a great web site. At the start of the second semi-final of the men's 50 freestyle, I saw something quite shocking. In the first underwater shot, right after the dive, Salim Iles is very clearly doing a two-beat crossover kick. It's an eye-catching technique at sprint speed, because he appears to be "squirming" through the water. Look at it yourself. Slow motion will help you see it better. Also watch the segment at 1:16 in, where Iles is in the background, still on the shoulder of Roland Schoeman, still using a classic non-overt kicking style. His time for the race was 22.14, a personal best.
What do we make of this? Could Iles go faster with a six-beat kick? Should we slower swimmers, especially those with inflexible ankles and/or small feet, consider this style of sprinting?
Originally posted by 330man
Is the server at swim.ee slower than the second coming of Christ or do I have computer problems? I have 3 meg DSL but I am only downloading at about 56K speed. What gives?
don't know.. it's not just you though, I have serious issues trying to watch the videos there. I've actually given up on them at this point.. I don't know if it's my computer, or if I get on during high traffic times? Either way, I feel your pain!
Originally posted by 330man
Is the server at swim.ee slower than the second coming of Christ or do I have computer problems? I have 3 meg DSL but I am only downloading at about 56K speed. What gives?
don't know.. it's not just you though, I have serious issues trying to watch the videos there. I've actually given up on them at this point.. I don't know if it's my computer, or if I get on during high traffic times? Either way, I feel your pain!
