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 craiglll@yahoo.com
I thought this was a no braiiner. Short swimmers only do ***. When I was in high school inthe 70s, most of our team was made up of average height., Now it is all tall guys.
Hey hey hey....watch it!!! I am tall...I do ***. Or do girls have different "rules"?
As a 5' 8" *** stroker, I resemble that no brainer comment. I can recall standing on the first step on the blocks and looking eye to eye with the rest of the guys standing on the deck. Backstrokers always seem to want to see me practice my starts before joining the relay team, some sort of clearance concern.
Originally posted by Racer X
Did that moose use a track start or grab start and did he swim with open or closed hooves?:)
You'd have to ask George, as the moose started in Canada. I was lifeguarding at Charlotte beach (where the Genesee River empties into the lake), and one of the animal dudes had us row him out. Moose was swimming head up the whole time, so the technique wasn't ideal.
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I dont know exactly but here is Moose swimming with a buddy, we have always taught when swimming never swim alone swim with a buddy www.youtube.com/watch Mooses's buddy is Molley
