We're proud to announce the
unofficial USMS Postal Feet First 25 scy Sprint Swimming Championships
Rules:
+ you have to jump in feet first and remain feet first for the entire length
NO DIVING IN and TURNING AROUND
+ you may do a feet first start from the side in the water
Hands on wall
feet extended and pointed at the other end
swimmer may be on belly back or side
push off wall with arms after starter says go
+ clock starts
when the starter says go or the beeper beeps
you have to react to the starter's prompt,
no false starts
+ clock stops
when your feet touch the wall on the opposite end of the pool
+ can't push off the bottom
Submit Your
Name, team, age, sex,
time, technique, witnesses, & timer
This should be fun.
Better yet, make a video and put it on youtube
Do you think anyone could break 15 seconds?
What's the fastest way to swim FEET FIRST?
Try it out,
Submit your times
we look forward to reading your results
Sounds fun.I have been able to go faster with the hands forward technique(it is more like a breaststroke pull.)So is the formal rule the in water start? Is kicking allowed?(I can do a reverse breaststroke kick that is propulsive,but I have no idea if it is faster,I'll have to time it.)
Sounds fun.I have been able to go faster with the hands forward technique(it is more like a breaststroke pull.)So is the formal rule the in water start? Is kicking allowed?(I can do a reverse breaststroke kick that is propulsive,but I have no idea if it is faster,I'll have to time it.)
