I'm looking to gain more knowledge about sprint freestyle swimming. As an long retired distance freestyler I don't have a great deal of personal knowledge of how to swim the 50 or 100 freestyle. I've coached many sprint freestylers and I know that many of the best sprinters have what I would say an amazing strategy to their sprint swims. I am currently giving private lessons to many age groupers and high school swimmers and I've been explaining to them that some of the best sprinters in the world swim their 50 or 100 with more strategy than just the plain old thought of swimming "FAST".
I would very much appreciate any of you sprinters out there who would like to share your strategies for swimming these two events. I would love to be able to pass on some of this information, but I think many of us in the masters community could learn from some of you as well. I look forward to seeing some of the responses. Maybe I will try sprinting one day (LOL):rofl: .
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Johnny was a great guy he travelled with the marathon swim circuit for for a couple of years (official starter at several of the races). He would have diner with us and he was always letting out his Tarzan call during the meal. He loved his wine. I have lots of personal stories about him.
I said this once before to you: Write it down!!!!!! Some day, some one will be trying to get their Ph.D. in history writing about swimming and they would name their first child after you if they had this as reference material.
An aquaintence of mine once did his Ph.D. on the history of racewalking and was frustrated by not even being able to find such basics as who won which national championship in some years.
If nothing else, Canada probably has a national oral history project and they might want to send someone to record whatever you wanted to tell them - no writing required.
-LBJ
Johnny was a great guy he travelled with the marathon swim circuit for for a couple of years (official starter at several of the races). He would have diner with us and he was always letting out his Tarzan call during the meal. He loved his wine. I have lots of personal stories about him.
I said this once before to you: Write it down!!!!!! Some day, some one will be trying to get their Ph.D. in history writing about swimming and they would name their first child after you if they had this as reference material.
An aquaintence of mine once did his Ph.D. on the history of racewalking and was frustrated by not even being able to find such basics as who won which national championship in some years.
If nothing else, Canada probably has a national oral history project and they might want to send someone to record whatever you wanted to tell them - no writing required.
-LBJ
