Feet First 25 scy Sprint Swimming Championships

RE: Feet First 25 scy Sprint Swimming Championships

Former Member — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:20:37 GMT

What causes a cold it is not the weather or how fast you train. Drinking special teas does not cure it. Hey George, Who said anything about curing a cold? Drinking tea will at least give your body a fighting chance. Conversely, being physically tired from training can make you more susceptible to the bug. Tea helps...

RE: Feet First 25 scy Sprint Swimming Championships

ande — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:10:30 GMT

this morning the pool was set up LCM I did a 25 meter feet first sprint off the blocks tyler timed started from his go and went 22.2 I used for the reverse streamline on my back over head scull techinique I found it was hard to get a breath and probably better to do it with no breath it was also difficult to figure out where I was and when I crossed the center line

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Former Member — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:50:21 GMT

I didn't go very fast, but jumped over the backstroke flags.... went too deep to recover.

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Former Member — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:11:43 GMT

What causes a cold it is not the weather or how fast you train. Drinking special teas does not cure it. www.howstuffworks.com/question38.htm

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Former Member — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:32:13 GMT

i'm sick today so I didn't get a chance yet stayed home I think it would be good to practice starts to figure out how to get the most glide, speed and distance that's cool that some of y'all took a crack at it looks like 26.3 is the fastest time so far J, was that yards or meters Ande, Yes, I did the feet-first challenge in a meter pool... Sorry you're not feeling well... I've felt a bit of a cold coming as well, but drinking lot's of rooibos tea... Maybe your cold is from your very FAST work-out... perhaps it took a little out of the system.. or you were just starting to fight the cold, so there was extra energy during the performance...? Is it possible you stayed too excited after (those were excellent times), potentially draining your energy? Jonathan Miller

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ande — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:21:19 GMT

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Former Member — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:16:43 GMT

Well it wouldn’t be much of a reverse crawl on your back, now would it? Think of watching a freestyle race in reverse. The hand enters at the hip and pulls (pushes?) past the head and recovers back (forward?) to the hips. And do you think that this can be fast enough to finish and jump backwards onto the starting block?:bow:

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ande — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:43:58 GMT

if swimmers choose to race on their belly's i think it would be a very bad idea to jump off a block facing backwards swimmers can jump facing forward then do the half twist in the air or in the water after they land

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:24:01 GMT

any one gonna do this? I tried this tonight... It was very slow... 26.3 (any movement at all went in the wrong direction)

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:14:37 GMT

Last night from an in-water start with a hand push-off and toes on wall finish; I went 26.4, doing a reverse crawl. Rob, describe the reverse crawl. Were you on your stomach, or your back? Anna Lea

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:59:26 GMT

This should be added to the Olympics. It would be very exciting. We could have reverse freestyle, reverse fly, reverse breaststroke and backstroke. May be even reverse butterfrog.

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:19:55 GMT

Rob, describe the reverse crawl. Were you on your stomach, or your back? Anna LeaWell it wouldn’t be much of a reverse crawl on your back, now would it? Think of watching a freestyle race in reverse. The hand enters at the hip and pulls (pushes?) past the head and recovers back (forward?) to the hips. You can actually get a pretty good EVF (LVF?) in reverse. As for starting, back in the day when we used to race feet first, corkscrew, synchrostyle (backstroke with one leg straight up out of the water, you got a time bonus for best toe point) we found the best start from the blocks was a ¾ flip. It starts out like a normal dive, but in air you tuck, flip and land feet first at an angle similar to a regular start. NOTE: this works best if you are an invulnerable teen age boy, not a creaky adult who should know better. And besides, didn’t we say in water starts?

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ande — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:04:42 GMT

very interesting we swam LCM this morning so I wasn't able to take a crack yet part of the puzzle is figuring out how to get a good reverse streamline glide off the start jump racers have to enter feet first on their starts maybe we'll go SCY tomorrow reverse free on the belly might be a good way to go I don't see how kicking will help maybe some sort of crazy reverse dolphin look forward to reading more results

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:43:42 GMT

any one gonna do this?Last night from an in-water start with a hand push-off and toes on wall finish; I went 26.4, doing a reverse crawl. When trying feet first sculling I wasn’t able to crack 35 seconds. Albeit both attempts were at the end of practice and not at full speed.

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:49:17 GMT

When I flutter kick without fins it seems like I go backwards. Maybe this will be a good event for me?

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:00 GMT

We're going to try it Wednesday night. :drown:

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:38:59 GMT

Did a little playing around with this during some easy work in between sprints, it seems to me the best position is a kind of reverse streamline, I found the hands at the side making mini breaststroke pulls was quickest, that may just be because i'm a breaststroker though. Allen, that sounds painful, but i'm intrigued.

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:24:15 GMT

any one gonna do this? I couldn't get a timer...tonight. Will try Wed..even if I go off the clock myself.

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Allen Stark — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:53:12 GMT

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.)

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ande — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:41:32 GMT

any one gonna do this?

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:30:58 GMT

I have done the no scull version and travelled 20 yards with the face down. Pushing off the wall the wall with both hands and gliding feet first. With sculling above the head it should be very easy.

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:16:24 GMT

Ande, standardise the start to in water. I can see someone hurling themselves off the block/side, trying to enter at an angle and knocking themselves out... ...most people can jump far enough away from the block to not bash their heads in. Ande, you are fortunate to be able to swim in a deep pool. We had a swimmer who cracked his heel bone by jumping feet-first into the shallow end of our pool. I agree with Stud - please standardize on an in-water start. Anna Lea

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Former Member — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:26:10 GMT

What's the fastest way to swim FEET FIRST? *snip* Do you think anyone could break 15 seconds? Ande, standardise the start to in water. I can see someone hurling themselves off the block/side, trying to enter at an angle and knocking themselves out... I can think of 2 strokes already. 15 seconds? Hmmm

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ande — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:20:21 GMT

in water start + 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 Ande, you are fortunate to be able to swim in a deep pool. We had a swimmer who cracked his heel bone by jumping feet-first into the shallow end of our pool. I agree with Stud - please standardize on an in-water start. Anna Lea

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ande — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:02:14 GMT

I think swimming straight is going to be a challenge and most people can jump far enough away from the block to not bash their heads in. I'm going to go for the supine-feet-first-streamline-scull-above-the-head method