coach or swimmer

I, unfortunately, do not have an innate pace clock. But I'm a whimpy sprinter, so I'm going to worry about other things. That makes sense. And really, I didn't learn how to flip without looking from this kid. I think that what I learned the most from him, was the importance of balance and being hydrodynamic. Hard to imagine how these guys swim. Try to picture a guy swimming tall but very very relaxed, almost catchup like freestyle. It doesn't even look that fast you know, just long steady distance pace. But you look at the clock, he is on a 1:15/100m pace. The big question that must come to your mind as a coach is : what about the energy expenditure to swim 17:30 over 1500 for this kid? Probably the same for me to swim 21min. But Fortress. The balance. This guy was swimming with heels very close to the surface, a very light two beat kick (almost nothing) and yet, the whole body at the surface. Virtually no frontal resistance. Though it's very far, talking late '80s here, I must have developped my sensor concept by looking at these half-fishes. Our body is covered with sensors. Swimming involves using those sensors to : - Detect any frontal resistance caused by any limb - ** important ** detect any variation in speed (acceleration/deceleration) within a swim cycle (2 strokes) Fortress: What is "Zee"?

I, unfortunately, do not have an innate pace clock. But I'm a whimpy sprinter, so I'm going to worry about other things. That makes sense. And really, I didn't learn how to flip without looking from this kid. I think that what I learned the most from him, was the importance of balance and being hydrodynamic. Hard to imagine how these guys swim. Try to picture a guy swimming tall but very very relaxed, almost catchup like freestyle. It doesn't even look that fast you know, just long steady distance pace. But you look at the clock, he is on a 1:15/100m pace. The big question that must come to your mind as a coach is : what about the energy expenditure to swim 17:30 over 1500 for this kid? Probably the same for me to swim 21min. But Fortress. The balance. This guy was swimming with heels very close to the surface, a very light two beat kick (almost nothing) and yet, the whole body at the surface. Virtually no frontal resistance. Though it's very far, talking late '80s here, I must have developped my sensor concept by looking at these half-fishes. Our body is covered with sensors. Swimming involves using those sensors to : - Detect any frontal resistance caused by any limb - ** important ** detect any variation in speed (acceleration/deceleration) within a swim cycle (2 strokes) Fortress: What is "Zee"?