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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"The dolphin kick we're seeing has to be considered the fifth stroke now. I think swimming has moved to a new era, a new level. It will challenge all coaches and swimmers around the world."
news.bbc.co.uk/.../6528915.stm
..."Looking at the race, Phelps gained 0.4 - 0.5 seconds off the start and after each of the first two turns — possibly more on the last turn. That equates to about two seconds in a 200 free, and ironically (or not) his margin of victory was a little more than those said two seconds."
www.timedfinals.com/.../
"The dolphin kick we're seeing has to be considered the fifth stroke now. I think swimming has moved to a new era, a new level. It will challenge all coaches and swimmers around the world."
news.bbc.co.uk/.../6528915.stm
..."Looking at the race, Phelps gained 0.4 - 0.5 seconds off the start and after each of the first two turns — possibly more on the last turn. That equates to about two seconds in a 200 free, and ironically (or not) his margin of victory was a little more than those said two seconds."
www.timedfinals.com/.../
