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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.)
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.
