Five Fast Facts: 50 *** is the title of an article in the latest January 2007 USMS Swimmer magazine, page 10. This is under training and technique.
I normally like the USMS Swimmer magazine, but has anyone else but me been truly upset by such garbage!
They wasted 35 words saying that you have to surface before 15 meters!!!!!
Obviously the writer knew NOTHING about breaststroke, NO SUCH RULE exists for breaststroke.
Then they waste more space with " a scissor kick is illegal in competition.
And "the best *** swimmers spend more than half the race underwater is also JUST WRONG. That may be true in the 200 sc yards or meters, but not the 50 ***.
I am sorry to offend anyone, including the writer, but you should have checked your sources, there are many that could have put together MUCH better tips. It would have taken 10 seconds to email a masters breaststroker to confirn the information.:dedhorse:
I invite people like Allen Stark, Jeff Commings, Seth Van Neerden, Roque J Santos, David M Guthrie, Jack Groselle etc. to come up with 5 fast facts and tips for the 50 ***.
Wayne, I've got nothing to add. Your tips are good.
I'd like to say, though, that the tips in the magazine seem to be written for people that know nothing about the stroke or the race. So, some things that are not important to experienced breaststrokers might be crucial for a beginner to know.
Also, I thought you had to come up before 15 meters on the underwater pull. From what I understood, that was a blanket rule for all strokes.
Wayne, I've got nothing to add. Your tips are good.
I'd like to say, though, that the tips in the magazine seem to be written for people that know nothing about the stroke or the race. So, some things that are not important to experienced breaststrokers might be crucial for a beginner to know.
Also, I thought you had to come up before 15 meters on the underwater pull. From what I understood, that was a blanket rule for all strokes.
