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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Leaving the topic of S pulls but staying on the topic of moving water, it seems to me that there ought to be something interesting that could be learned by comparing tethered swimming to regular or assisted swimming. When you get to the end of the tether you are swimming in almost still water (except for the current you create) where streamlining has minimal effect. I've never read anything about anyone looking at this but it seems that one ought to be able to come up with some sort of interesting experiment.
And now we return to your regularly scheduled programming...
Leaving the topic of S pulls but staying on the topic of moving water, it seems to me that there ought to be something interesting that could be learned by comparing tethered swimming to regular or assisted swimming. When you get to the end of the tether you are swimming in almost still water (except for the current you create) where streamlining has minimal effect. I've never read anything about anyone looking at this but it seems that one ought to be able to come up with some sort of interesting experiment.
And now we return to your regularly scheduled programming...
