Hi again,
I watched the Pan Pacs last weekend and noticed most everyone is using the track start now. Does anyone know who gets credit for introducing the track start to the swimming world? If so, when was it introduced? As a starting point, I will admit switching to the track start in my sophomore year in college- way back in nineteen hundred and eighty four.
I also noticed everyone, including the sprinters, is putting the underwater butterfly kick to good effect. I was pretty surprised to see the 50m folks using it as well. It appeared that they were doing about 3 dophin kicks and then exploding to the top with a freestyle kick. Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
Racer X
Although I reference one guy from UCLA using the track start, most, if not all of the UCLA swimmers were using the start at this particular meet. You can credit coach Bob Horne if you like, since he would have had the most influence on the swimmers at the time.
Although I reference one guy from UCLA using the track start, most, if not all of the UCLA swimmers were using the start at this particular meet. You can credit coach Bob Horne if you like, since he would have had the most influence on the swimmers at the time.
