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.
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Now are we saying the S stroke is an optical illusion?
The stroke I use is truly an S stroke because it does move into fresh water?
The arm as I pull certainly moves into fresh water all through the stoke, it does not stay on the same plain.
When swimmers did not roll like we do now it must have truly been an S stroke.
But I have always had a shoulder roll as seen in my 1956 swimming picture.
See it here forums.usms.org/showthread.php
Now are we saying the S stroke is an optical illusion?
The stroke I use is truly an S stroke because it does move into fresh water?
The arm as I pull certainly moves into fresh water all through the stoke, it does not stay on the same plain.
When swimmers did not roll like we do now it must have truly been an S stroke.
But I have always had a shoulder roll as seen in my 1956 swimming picture.
See it here forums.usms.org/showthread.php
