scy vs lcm

other than turns, what makes someone better at one or the other? Great question. I've yet to figure it out. My personal experience is that I feel I have to be in much, much better shape to handle LCM. I just feel that there's nowhere to hide, no walls to rest on. I feel a 100 IM or a 100 Fly SCY is much easier to swim than a 100 IM or Fly LCM. That goes double for 200s. I've yet to even try the 200 Fly LCM as an adult as my SCY swim was so poor. I feel your stroke technique has to be better in LCM where in SCY you can get away with an okay stroke and awesome turns. I have the opportunity to swim with Eric Shanteau's mom at our local pool. She always says that Eric is better in long course as he's a better *swimmer* as opposed to some of his world class opponents who can beat him in SCY due to their better "turning" ability. :2cents:

other than turns, what makes someone better at one or the other? Great question. I've yet to figure it out. My personal experience is that I feel I have to be in much, much better shape to handle LCM. I just feel that there's nowhere to hide, no walls to rest on. I feel a 100 IM or a 100 Fly SCY is much easier to swim than a 100 IM or Fly LCM. That goes double for 200s. I've yet to even try the 200 Fly LCM as an adult as my SCY swim was so poor. I feel your stroke technique has to be better in LCM where in SCY you can get away with an okay stroke and awesome turns. I have the opportunity to swim with Eric Shanteau's mom at our local pool. She always says that Eric is better in long course as he's a better *swimmer* as opposed to some of his world class opponents who can beat him in SCY due to their better "turning" ability. :2cents: