Ack. It appears that I am going to have to break down and finally swim my first masters 100 SCY free at zones. Since I'm sure you all have done it many times, can someone please tell me what is the most ideal breathing pattern(s)? I noticed watching the World Championships that many of the 100 freestylers (especially the men) breathed almost every stroke, which is not how I used to swim that race. Were they breathing more to save for the SDKs? What say you freestyle sprinters?
Slightly off topic, but mentioned in the thread... What is "Loping"? Much talk of Phelps doing this in his 200 free. I saw the gallop he seem to have developed, but never heard the term loping before.:help:
Loping is just an asymmetric stroke rate in freestyle (or less commonly) backstroke. Basically it takes longer for one arm to complete a stroke than the other giving a "loping" appearance to the stroke. It is very common in swimmers who always breathe to one side.
Slightly off topic, but mentioned in the thread... What is "Loping"? Much talk of Phelps doing this in his 200 free. I saw the gallop he seem to have developed, but never heard the term loping before.:help:
Loping is just an asymmetric stroke rate in freestyle (or less commonly) backstroke. Basically it takes longer for one arm to complete a stroke than the other giving a "loping" appearance to the stroke. It is very common in swimmers who always breathe to one side.
