The latest threads clearly reveal that the vast majority of masters swimmers wish breaststroke did not exist (except Peter, Allen, Aquafeisty, and a possiblely experimenting SCY freestyler). So why does everyone hate breaststroke? :mad:
I'll go first. I hated it when I was young because it was too slow, I never learned how to do it right, and I never learned the wave action because it didn't exist when I was young. I can't seem do get the timing right now. And I have no excuse. Unlike my shoulder, my knees are fully intact. Not sure I have the gumption or time to put in 100,000 yards for a complete overhaul on a stroke I don't swim in meets. But I'd like to be able to fake it in IMs ...
The solution is simple. You're women and fickle. It is your perogative to change your minds. I guess this spills over into swimming too.
"This is a curious dogma, but it is one of dogmas ....To come to this question of the existence of : it is a large and serious question, and if I were to attempt to deal with it in any adequate manner I should have to keep you here until Kindgdom Come, so that you will have to excuse me if I deal with it in a somewhat summary fashion."
I prefer to think of myself as a highly diversified multi-event swimmer rather than merely "fickle." I have actually competed in each stroke. I have even swum distance free as part of an aquathlon and I do play in the OW. To be sure, generally I am body surfing. I even own the DVD "Go Swim All Strokes With Kaitlin Sandeno and Eric Vendt." To be sure, I believe that only "Rude Hormonal Fortress" has actually viewed it. (She likes *** best, as you know, but she loves fly and IMs too. She must have inherited some of my genes there. Har, Har.)
In light of my diversity and open-mindedness about the strokes, I should have picked the philosopher option in the Caped's athlete poll. If you can name the philosopher I quoted above and his seminal work, I will forgive you. I took a lot of philosophy at that place I attended in the cold in NH. Now, I bet that's actually a bit of a shocker. :rofl:
The solution is simple. You're women and fickle. It is your perogative to change your minds. I guess this spills over into swimming too.
"This is a curious dogma, but it is one of dogmas ....To come to this question of the existence of : it is a large and serious question, and if I were to attempt to deal with it in any adequate manner I should have to keep you here until Kindgdom Come, so that you will have to excuse me if I deal with it in a somewhat summary fashion."
I prefer to think of myself as a highly diversified multi-event swimmer rather than merely "fickle." I have actually competed in each stroke. I have even swum distance free as part of an aquathlon and I do play in the OW. To be sure, generally I am body surfing. I even own the DVD "Go Swim All Strokes With Kaitlin Sandeno and Eric Vendt." To be sure, I believe that only "Rude Hormonal Fortress" has actually viewed it. (She likes *** best, as you know, but she loves fly and IMs too. She must have inherited some of my genes there. Har, Har.)
In light of my diversity and open-mindedness about the strokes, I should have picked the philosopher option in the Caped's athlete poll. If you can name the philosopher I quoted above and his seminal work, I will forgive you. I took a lot of philosophy at that place I attended in the cold in NH. Now, I bet that's actually a bit of a shocker. :rofl:
