Why are kids faster now days?

I don't know if kids (age groupers) these days are really that much faster that kids from years past here's where you can see the All Time Top-100 Times for Age Groupers in the US www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx today's kids have every opportunity to swim faster, there's: + dolphin kicking + fast skin suits + the dolphin kick in breastroke and + freestyle turns in backstroke there's still several times and records holding up from years ago that aren't likely to be broken any time soon like: Jesse Vassallo 1500 free in 13 & 14 boys, he went 15:31 in 1976 One issue swimming faces is great athletes (people who could have been awesome swimmers) gravitate towards other sports I follow the results year after year from the Texas state high school championships, around 20.5 tends to win the 50 even though swimmers are now going 19 low, 18 high I think the difference is strength that comes from weight training and maturity Ande the craziest thing about Jesse Vassallo's record is the fact that the 13-14 boys 1650 free record is only a 15:26.93 (which converts to around 15:50.70 for LCM, so 4th in the top 100)... And Vassallo's best 1650 time is only a 15:30.66, also good enough for 4th in the top 100. I know some people excel at one course or the other, but that's insane! :eek: i agree with ande, i don't see that record going anywhere anytime soon...

I don't know if kids (age groupers) these days are really that much faster that kids from years past here's where you can see the All Time Top-100 Times for Age Groupers in the US www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx today's kids have every opportunity to swim faster, there's: + dolphin kicking + fast skin suits + the dolphin kick in breastroke and + freestyle turns in backstroke there's still several times and records holding up from years ago that aren't likely to be broken any time soon like: Jesse Vassallo 1500 free in 13 & 14 boys, he went 15:31 in 1976 One issue swimming faces is great athletes (people who could have been awesome swimmers) gravitate towards other sports I follow the results year after year from the Texas state high school championships, around 20.5 tends to win the 50 even though swimmers are now going 19 low, 18 high I think the difference is strength that comes from weight training and maturity Ande the craziest thing about Jesse Vassallo's record is the fact that the 13-14 boys 1650 free record is only a 15:26.93 (which converts to around 15:50.70 for LCM, so 4th in the top 100)... And Vassallo's best 1650 time is only a 15:30.66, also good enough for 4th in the top 100. I know some people excel at one course or the other, but that's insane! :eek: i agree with ande, i don't see that record going anywhere anytime soon...