i have been reading a lot of the posts herein.... and it has occurred to me... (and this will surely betray my newbie-ness) there are an awful lot of abbreviations and terms used that leave me essentially having no clue what was said.... is there a book out there someplace "swimese for dummies" or the like? i speak several languages, sadly swimese is not yet among them.....
i can swim two miles comfortably, and have energy left over after to go run three miles... but decode the posts on this board?....
any reference/resource suggestions gladly accepted...
thanks.
be,
jim
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not totally sure but i think FL is butterfly and BF is butterfrog
also,
EVF=early vertical forearm and my favorite RLSLTVF=rather later slightly less than vertical forearm
Wow....I was totally thinking of those abbreviations from Terry's last posting when I made my last posting on this thread but I couldn't quite remember what EVF stood for....both terms refer to getting the forearms into a close to vertical postion (so perpendicular to the torso) shortly after the hands enter the water during freestyle ...(so its like using your entire forearm as a giant swim paddle or like an oar for a row boat to catch as much water as possible during the catch phase of the stroke)....Terry mentioned that both Ion Thorpe and Grant Hackett utilize this technique. I also believe EVT is part of the general style of freestyle know as "FQS" ...or "Front Quadrant Swimming"....but I'm not 100% sure about that...(maybe its part of a particular variation of FQS actually that both Thorpe and Hackett use?)
Newmastersswimmer
not totally sure but i think FL is butterfly and BF is butterfrog
also,
EVF=early vertical forearm and my favorite RLSLTVF=rather later slightly less than vertical forearm
Wow....I was totally thinking of those abbreviations from Terry's last posting when I made my last posting on this thread but I couldn't quite remember what EVF stood for....both terms refer to getting the forearms into a close to vertical postion (so perpendicular to the torso) shortly after the hands enter the water during freestyle ...(so its like using your entire forearm as a giant swim paddle or like an oar for a row boat to catch as much water as possible during the catch phase of the stroke)....Terry mentioned that both Ion Thorpe and Grant Hackett utilize this technique. I also believe EVT is part of the general style of freestyle know as "FQS" ...or "Front Quadrant Swimming"....but I'm not 100% sure about that...(maybe its part of a particular variation of FQS actually that both Thorpe and Hackett use?)
Newmastersswimmer
