I submit that swimming is one of the worst sports in terms of following fad techniques simply because someone has been successful using that technique.
I submit that talent or genetics, aerobic capacity, workout intensity as well as mental toughness play a far greater roll than mere stroke technique in the end.
Seems like the US latches on to the winner's stroke techniques all too often as the way explain success and teach kids. Front quadrant swimming like Ian Thorpe..... head down sprinting like Popoff..... these guys would be successful in their events with or without these techniques in my opinion.
Except for the latest cheating techniques...... i.e. flip turns on backstroke, underwater dolphin kick on backstroke, head under on breastroke, full body suits, and the soon to be dolphin kick on breastroke pull outs, the sport has not improved a whole lot in the last 25 years.... especially when you compare it to 25 years previous to 1980..... (1955)
Thought for the day...... :-)
John Smith
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Do note that Shoeman's use of weighted buckets on pulleys is nothing revolutionary. Randy Reese implemented this particular training technique in the early 1980s. I used them a summer in 1983 when I swam for him in Gainesville at the Univ. of Florida.
Again... things go out of style.......... and back in style....... like a fad.
John Smith
CraigIII
Do note that Shoeman's use of weighted buckets on pulleys is nothing revolutionary. Randy Reese implemented this particular training technique in the early 1980s. I used them a summer in 1983 when I swam for him in Gainesville at the Univ. of Florida.
Again... things go out of style.......... and back in style....... like a fad.
John Smith
