Simple. You have absolute power to change any technique rules, start/finish rules, age up rules, sky is the limit as long as the rules pertain to swimming. What would you change and why?
Peter:
My soul is not yet destroyed; it's only my shoulder that's damaged. Besides, I'm really a backstroker now. At least I can do a 100 of that. Maybe you should just change your signature to "I loathe, abhor and detest .... butterfly.:rofl: :thhbbb: :dedhorse:
Peter, I agree with Fortress on this one for your signature! I may even add it to mine!!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I don't want to name which stroke would be BBQ Baked Beans--Heather can probably guess though ;)
I happen to like bbq baked beans.....so that stroke is right where it belongs.
This is the "string bean" principle. As a kid, I hated string beans (still do) and when my mom would serve them, I'd shove them in my mouth first and eat them as fast as possible just to get the torture over with quickly and then kill the taste with something better. Same with breaststoke in the rule books.
-LBJ
Very well said, couldn't agree more ... it's the rough draft before the masterpiece ... just like first there was breaststroke, then it gave birth to fly and the big guy upstairs rested for all was right with the world ... \
Add banning open water swimming to my list, too ... blech!!
Having been the closest thing to a rules dictator for many years (chairman of the rules committee), I can offer the following perspective on breaststroke (the stroke being my best stroke has nothing to do with this appraisal). Those learned men and women who first put the rule book(s) together placed it in its proper position, first among the strokes (c.f section 102 of the USMS rule book and 101 of the USA Swimming rule book). Nothing more needs to be stated :) .
Leo
This is the "string bean" principle. As a kid, I hated string beans (still do) and when my mom would serve them, I'd shove them in my mouth first and eat them as fast as possible just to get the torture over with quickly and then kill the taste with something better. Same with breaststoke in the rule books.
-LBJ
This is the "string bean" principle. As a kid, I hated string beans (still do) and when my mom would serve them, I'd shove them in my mouth first and eat them as fast as possible just to get the torture over with quickly and then kill the taste with something better. Same with breaststoke in the rule books.
-LBJ
Ah but Leonard...if you had learned to eat them slowly and properly, you would realise that when you mix in a certain amount of gravy and black pepper, string beans cannot be beat, and should be savoured. They are after all excellent for your your health.
I don't want to name which stroke would be BBQ Baked Beans--Heather can probably guess though ;)
QFE!:banana:
Rich/Swim-God:
What is QFE?
Has this now turned into the butterfly vs. butterfrog thread? Can't you joksters quibble on the butterfrog video thread or the why do masters hate breaststroke thread?
If I was dictator, I'd outlaw wetsuits in OW events and triathlons unless you're swimming in ice water.
Rich/Swim-God:
What is QFE?
Has this now turned into the butterfly vs. butterfrog thread? Can't you joksters quibble on the butterfrog video thread or the why do masters hate breaststroke thread?
If I was dictator, I'd outlaw wetsuits in OW events and triathlons unless you're swimming in ice water.
QFE: "Quoted For Emphasis" sort of a latter day "Right-on man!" if I appeal to your generation's colloquialisms. :D
I'd also ban any OW swimmer from this forum unless there name is Donna, and/or they appreciate a good breaststroke.:thhbbb: :rofl:
QFE: "Quoted For Emphasis" sort of a latter day "Right-on man!" if I appeal to your generation's colloquialisms. :D
I'd also ban any OW swimmer from this forum unless there name is Donna, and/or they appreciate a good breaststroke.:thhbbb: :rofl:
I told you I'm Switzerland on the breaststroke vs. fly debate. I am forced to appreciate both equally or suffer huffy indignation. So you can't ban me, youngster. Are you a butterfrogger too? It seem like butterfroggers are all breaststrokers too.
Fortunately, my son agrees with me. Nothing needed except freestyle. Right-on-man! Everything else, although quite lovely in appearance and exciting to watch, is string beans.
It might be interesting to note that breaststroke was the only stroke the Europeans had. It wasn't until the "discovery" of the Americas and their observance of the swimming stroke of the enlightened inhabitants of this continent that the forerunner of the front crawl as we know it today was first seen.
You are all so very entertaining. In opposition to
..."the string bean principle"... "the rough draft before the masterpiece, breastroke then it gave birth to fly!"...
one should consider that Breastroke, having arrived first, allowed the opportunity for the development of the other strokes and breastroke should be held in high esteme, even honored, a stroke that all swimmers should work to master. Had God not created the Heavens and the earth first (Gen. 1:1) there would be no place for the light and darkness to exist, no place to put the land and the water, etc.
