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.
It depends on your strengths(and height,as I have noted before height is not as important underwater as on the surface.) Most great sprinters swim free faster than they SDK so the less time underwater the better for them. If your SDK is faster then do it,if not don't.
For me, I like SDKs for fly and back. For the 50 free, I think I only take 2-3 off the start and turn and just get up and go. For the 100 free though, I'm more apt to take 4-5 off each wall. I think I would be faster in SCY or SCM in the 100s with the SDKs than without. But it completely depends on the individual and how well they can SDK. Since I'm on the short side, I think I'm faster this way.
It depends on your strengths(and height,as I have noted before height is not as important underwater as on the surface.) Most great sprinters swim free faster than they SDK so the less time underwater the better for them. If your SDK is faster then do it,if not don't.
For me, I like SDKs for fly and back. For the 50 free, I think I only take 2-3 off the start and turn and just get up and go. For the 100 free though, I'm more apt to take 4-5 off each wall. I think I would be faster in SCY or SCM in the 100s with the SDKs than without. But it completely depends on the individual and how well they can SDK. Since I'm on the short side, I think I'm faster this way.
