I came to this forum because I know you guys swim a lot and you would be the best people to ask.
Okay, so I was watching the movie Waterworld. There is a part where Kevin Kostner swims through the water and jumps 4 feet out of the water to land on a deck. So that part is impossible...however is a pool jump possible?
A pool jump would be classified as either swimming at the side (of the pool etc.) or from a direct tread boosting out of the water high enough to get your feet under you. Is this humanly possible? Im sure there is money in it for someone who can either do this or point me to where I can find a video/article of this.
Please help...as there is a bet involved. :)
"Is this humanly possible?"
no way,
even the fastest humans can't generate enough speed and momentum,
humans aren't properly shaped and we can't apply enough force in an efficient way, humans aren't dolphins,
we need to evolve or obtain a more streamlined shape,
our heads need to be more pointy, shoulders narrower, and hands and feet bigger and fin like
I'd be surprised if someone could
stand in 4 or 5 feet of water
jump off the bottom and
get on the side
It would be interesting to see
how high swimmers could go out of the water or
how much of their body they could get above the surface after
pushing off the bottom in 9 or 10 feet of water and
blasting towards the surface
my guess is
+ a very hard streamline push
+ followed by one butterfly pulldown
+ followed by a fierce rapid SDK
would create the most speed, momentum, and height
it might also help to pull up your legs when you're close to the peak
This might be a great sprint drill
ande
I came to this forum because I know you guys swim a lot and you would be the best people to ask.
Okay, so I was watching the movie Waterworld. There is a part where Kevin Kostner swims through the water and jumps 4 feet out of the water to land on a deck. So that part is impossible...however is a pool jump possible?
A pool jump would be classified as either swimming at the side (of the pool etc.) or from a direct tread boosting out of the water high enough to get your feet under you. Is this humanly possible? Im sure there is money in it for someone who can either do this or point me to where I can find a video/article of this.
Please help...as there is a bet involved. :)
"Is this humanly possible?"
no way,
even the fastest humans can't generate enough speed and momentum,
humans aren't properly shaped and we can't apply enough force in an efficient way, humans aren't dolphins,
we need to evolve or obtain a more streamlined shape,
our heads need to be more pointy, shoulders narrower, and hands and feet bigger and fin like
I'd be surprised if someone could
stand in 4 or 5 feet of water
jump off the bottom and
get on the side
It would be interesting to see
how high swimmers could go out of the water or
how much of their body they could get above the surface after
pushing off the bottom in 9 or 10 feet of water and
blasting towards the surface
my guess is
+ a very hard streamline push
+ followed by one butterfly pulldown
+ followed by a fierce rapid SDK
would create the most speed, momentum, and height
it might also help to pull up your legs when you're close to the peak
This might be a great sprint drill
ande
I came to this forum because I know you guys swim a lot and you would be the best people to ask.
Okay, so I was watching the movie Waterworld. There is a part where Kevin Kostner swims through the water and jumps 4 feet out of the water to land on a deck. So that part is impossible...however is a pool jump possible?
A pool jump would be classified as either swimming at the side (of the pool etc.) or from a direct tread boosting out of the water high enough to get your feet under you. Is this humanly possible? Im sure there is money in it for someone who can either do this or point me to where I can find a video/article of this.
Please help...as there is a bet involved. :)
