i did a little poking around on youtube
the title says
Ian Crocker 100 Fly Final Short Course Championships '07
but it's really the 4 x 50 relay ian swam lead off
crocker's in lane 5
he dives in about even, but then kills them underwater, he goes further faster
www.youtube.com/watch
here's his prelim 100 fl
www.youtube.com/watch
here's Brendan's prelim 100 ***
www.youtube.com/watch
I can't imagine changing a world record setting relay ... those 4 are amazing. MAYBE they'd throw Ian on the prelim team. Must be nice for the US to have such depth in the 100 and 200 to be able to do that.
I posted this link on the SPL thread as well.....check out Crockers 100 free (along with Brunelli & Lezak) that Ande mentions....note that none of these guys are shaved/tapered.....incredible amount of power, dps, sdk.....another sport really!
www.youtube.com/watch
That's the under water kick after the push-off, right?
posted by Slowswim
Yes, You basically streamline off of the turns and start with strong underwater dolphin kicks to give you that extra underwater propulsion....You can see that Crocker simply blew the rest of the field away with all his SDK's (streamline dolphin kicks) from that video Ande posted.
Newmastersswimmer
Jim & Warren, what's really amazing is that both Brunelli & Lezak have world class kicks/SDK's...Ian is simply a once in a lifetime talent to be that much better.
Something else that is amzaing is that most of the really talented SDKer's hace success in short course yards and short course meters but rarely are as good in long course.....Ian is a rare exception.
As for Mary Beck....no 15 year old should be allowed to be that fast!
