Is natural talent largely irrelevant to great success? Or is it "you've either got it or you don't"?
Check out this article at biz.yahoo.com/.../great_1.html called "What It Takes To Be Great."
leslie - i agree, minus the weight thing I am a typical backstroker. I've never seen a fast heavy backstroker before - I can't really explain how that worked out in the survey. I guess it's just the height thing - if you're taller you will weigh more. that makes sense. natalie coughlin is skinny, and so is ryan lochte and aaron piersol. :D
i'm trying to think back to all the sprinters and backstrokers i grew up with, and as best as i can remember, we were all taller than the rest of the girls, but the sprinters were twiggy and the backstrokers were more solid. but all the distance free girls seemed to be even more solid than us backstrokers and shorter to boot... hmmm....
i wonder if this study had been done 10 or 15 years ago what the results would look like? :dunno:
but reading the summarized descriptions at the bottom, i definitely fit into the sprint free (100/200 only!) and backstroke categories. and that's exactly what i swim! i fit better into backstroke however, but then again, the 200 back is my best event :D
leslie - i agree, minus the weight thing I am a typical backstroker. I've never seen a fast heavy backstroker before - I can't really explain how that worked out in the survey. I guess it's just the height thing - if you're taller you will weigh more. that makes sense. natalie coughlin is skinny, and so is ryan lochte and aaron piersol. :D
i'm trying to think back to all the sprinters and backstrokers i grew up with, and as best as i can remember, we were all taller than the rest of the girls, but the sprinters were twiggy and the backstrokers were more solid. but all the distance free girls seemed to be even more solid than us backstrokers and shorter to boot... hmmm....
i wonder if this study had been done 10 or 15 years ago what the results would look like? :dunno:
but reading the summarized descriptions at the bottom, i definitely fit into the sprint free (100/200 only!) and backstroke categories. and that's exactly what i swim! i fit better into backstroke however, but then again, the 200 back is my best event :D
