Please excuse me if this has been posted before.
It seems that in order to be a National/World class sprinter, you have to be 6ft 3 or better. It would appear that taller is better. Popov was 6' 7", Hall 6'5", Lezak 6'5', Cullen Jones 6' 5", Sabir Mahammed 6'6". our own Smith crew 6'?, An oldy but a goody Robert Peel 6'6 etc, etc. From my TV, it looked as though Phelps was the shortest guy on the WR 400 free relay at 6' 4"
Knowing this, in the future, should shorter, young, potential world class sprinters be redirected to middle distance or other strokes? Do short guys/gals even stand a chance anymore?
It would seem that basketball players would make the best sprinters. They have the height, the strength and the vertical leap down pat.
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Originally posted by Racer X
It would seem that basketball players would make the best sprinters. They have the height, the strength and the vertical leap down pat.
Cullen Jones...who's been dubbed by the media as the new "Tiger Woods" of swimming...is a good example of this. Not that he played basketball...but he very well could. Recently he went 21.94 for the 50M free...and he was the last guy off the blocks! Rowdy Gaines told him in the televised aftermath...that if he worked on his start...the world record is toast.
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Originally posted by Racer X
It would seem that basketball players would make the best sprinters. They have the height, the strength and the vertical leap down pat.
Cullen Jones...who's been dubbed by the media as the new "Tiger Woods" of swimming...is a good example of this. Not that he played basketball...but he very well could. Recently he went 21.94 for the 50M free...and he was the last guy off the blocks! Rowdy Gaines told him in the televised aftermath...that if he worked on his start...the world record is toast.
www.usaswimming.org/.../ViewNewsArticle.aspx
USA Swimming - Home
www.ncsu.edu/.../cullen_jones.html
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