SDK a red herring in freestyle sprinting?

This may be controversial but is SDK really mandatory for fast freestyle? Don't see much of it here, it looks like they wan't to surface ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch I know proponents will link to Phelps' 200 WR, but other than that, I don't see many people exploiting it. Will we see huge SDK in freestyle at the upcoming Olympics? I don't fly because of my back, so my SDK in freestyle is minimal. I'd like to think I don't need it. I'm keen to watch for it in elite freestyle races and it is a mixed bag. Many are fast without a big prolonged SDK.
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  • looks like roland took 3 SDKs, Jason Lezak doesn't take any Each swimmer needs to figure out what works best they need to experiment, find out how fast they are, each swimmer needs to find her ideal breakout point it's all about effort speed and momentum ie when Ian Crocker went 41.6 in the 100 scy fr her took around 10 SDKs off each wall figure out what works best for you This may be controversial but is SDK really mandatory for fast freestyle? Don't see much of it here, it looks like they wan't to surface ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch I know proponents will link to Phelps' 200 WR, but other than that, I don't see many people exploiting it. Will we see huge SDK in freestyle at the upcoming Olympics? I don't fly because of my back, so my SDK in freestyle is minimal. I'd like to think I don't need it. I'm keen to watch for it in elite freestyle races and it is a mixed bag. Many are fast without a big prolonged SDK.
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  • looks like roland took 3 SDKs, Jason Lezak doesn't take any Each swimmer needs to figure out what works best they need to experiment, find out how fast they are, each swimmer needs to find her ideal breakout point it's all about effort speed and momentum ie when Ian Crocker went 41.6 in the 100 scy fr her took around 10 SDKs off each wall figure out what works best for you This may be controversial but is SDK really mandatory for fast freestyle? Don't see much of it here, it looks like they wan't to surface ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch I know proponents will link to Phelps' 200 WR, but other than that, I don't see many people exploiting it. Will we see huge SDK in freestyle at the upcoming Olympics? I don't fly because of my back, so my SDK in freestyle is minimal. I'd like to think I don't need it. I'm keen to watch for it in elite freestyle races and it is a mixed bag. Many are fast without a big prolonged SDK.
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