This is insulting. A substantial part of swimming is starts and turns. Unless meets are going to be held in an endless pool from this point on, you cannot ignore the importance of all aspects of a swimming race. If you can't start and have sorry turns, you probably won't be a great swimmer. The first thing I did to shave serious time off my events was dramatically improve my turns.
True. I have also now read several posts suggesting that some people are "turners" and some people are "swimmers." Just because someone likes SCY or SCM does not make them only "turners" and non-"swimmers." Aside from the Olympics, which most of us folks are only watching and commenting on, USMS "swimmers" compete in SCY, SCM and LCM. All are "swimmers." Now, that said, I'm going to follow Geek's example and work on my turns more. :D
This is insulting. A substantial part of swimming is starts and turns. Unless meets are going to be held in an endless pool from this point on, you cannot ignore the importance of all aspects of a swimming race. If you can't start and have sorry turns, you probably won't be a great swimmer. The first thing I did to shave serious time off my events was dramatically improve my turns.
True. I have also now read several posts suggesting that some people are "turners" and some people are "swimmers." Just because someone likes SCY or SCM does not make them only "turners" and non-"swimmers." Aside from the Olympics, which most of us folks are only watching and commenting on, USMS "swimmers" compete in SCY, SCM and LCM. All are "swimmers." Now, that said, I'm going to follow Geek's example and work on my turns more. :D
