Why are most of us good at certain strokes and not others? Is it genetics, body type, coaching, preference?
And why are some of us good at long axis, but not short axis? And vice versa?
Or why are we good at one short axis stroke, but not the other?
Tom Jager (the former WR holder not Jaegermeister) once said the best swimmers in the pool are the sprinters. His reasoning was that no one chooses to be the "Distance Guy" or the "200 Fly Guy". He just has to do it because he can't swim the 50 as fast as the sprint guy. I thought it was humorous to say the least. As I watched the sprinters train, I longed to be in that lane. Much better to do a couple of fast swims per workout, then work on starts and turns rather than 10X400 backstroke descend!
LOL, thank you for that... believe me, I didn't choose the 200 fly... or the 400 IM... or the distance events... it just turns out that I am all slow twitch muscle fiber with a natural predisposition towards those events. I did learn to love the 400 IM though; it's my all time favorite event. For the record I have never envied the sprinters. Sometimes I even beat them at their own events. That's happening less and less often, I admit. Who's up for a 200 fly?
Tom Jager (the former WR holder not Jaegermeister) once said the best swimmers in the pool are the sprinters. His reasoning was that no one chooses to be the "Distance Guy" or the "200 Fly Guy". He just has to do it because he can't swim the 50 as fast as the sprint guy. I thought it was humorous to say the least. As I watched the sprinters train, I longed to be in that lane. Much better to do a couple of fast swims per workout, then work on starts and turns rather than 10X400 backstroke descend!
LOL, thank you for that... believe me, I didn't choose the 200 fly... or the 400 IM... or the distance events... it just turns out that I am all slow twitch muscle fiber with a natural predisposition towards those events. I did learn to love the 400 IM though; it's my all time favorite event. For the record I have never envied the sprinters. Sometimes I even beat them at their own events. That's happening less and less often, I admit. Who's up for a 200 fly?
