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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if you watch crocker's turn / SDK at world's in the 100 fl
there's not much glide after his push off
he begins his SDK almost immediately
there's a little more glide off the start
You're correct of course, because for most swimmers (even at the elite level) a starting dive creates more momentum, so it take a bit longer for the glide to slow down to the point where kicking (Dolphin or Flutter) does NOT slow the glide down while pushing off after a turn creates less momentum. Now Phelps, being of a different life-form .......... well.............
if you watch crocker's turn / SDK at world's in the 100 fl
there's not much glide after his push off
he begins his SDK almost immediately
there's a little more glide off the start
You're correct of course, because for most swimmers (even at the elite level) a starting dive creates more momentum, so it take a bit longer for the glide to slow down to the point where kicking (Dolphin or Flutter) does NOT slow the glide down while pushing off after a turn creates less momentum. Now Phelps, being of a different life-form .......... well.............
