I have been studying videos of swimmers and find what was once called the "S" stroke has almost disappeard.
I have noticed that flyers use it. But crawl swimmers have modified it so much that it is almost gone.
Has it been replaced completely or was it an optical illusion? Did underwater film show us it did not exist.
I reviewed a video on swimming freestyle with Eddie Reese a year ago or so for our LMSC's newsletter insert to the USMS Swimmer magazine. I remember Reese saying that the "S" pattern is more of a wiggle today than the old "S" we were taught. So yes, Geochuck, you have observed correctly that it's use is not as prevelant as it used to be. I have changed my stroke so that I am doing more of a wiggle and not a giant sweep in toward the body.
I reviewed a video on swimming freestyle with Eddie Reese a year ago or so for our LMSC's newsletter insert to the USMS Swimmer magazine. I remember Reese saying that the "S" pattern is more of a wiggle today than the old "S" we were taught. So yes, Geochuck, you have observed correctly that it's use is not as prevelant as it used to be. I have changed my stroke so that I am doing more of a wiggle and not a giant sweep in toward the body.
