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 ***.
......too many bubbles and turbulence to see it through. Kind of weak from a sometimes official's point of view!
As an official, I agree that sometimes the surface glare in combination with turbulance and bubbles makes it hard to see. But polarized sunglasses do help to see through the glare. It's hard to second guess what the official actually did, or did not, see.
......too many bubbles and turbulence to see it through. Kind of weak from a sometimes official's point of view!
As an official, I agree that sometimes the surface glare in combination with turbulance and bubbles makes it hard to see. But polarized sunglasses do help to see through the glare. It's hard to second guess what the official actually did, or did not, see.
