New Starting Blocks?

Looks like CHEATIN' to me. Show me a cheater, and I'll show you a winner everytime. If the committee changes the rule to allow it, it ain't cheatin'. Looks like the RaceClub folks are being proactive and just preparing for the change. When did the blocks become so long, from front to back? My guess would be when teams started to do step in relay starts. Longer block, better motion for relays, faster times. Committee allowed it. I'm guessing though. I do not see this as being any different than any other changes that have come about in this sport over the last 100 years. Why the changes? Because people want faster times. Plain and simple, we want faster times. If you can get more of your motion and energy in the horizontal faster from the blocks, you'll have faster times. I see the track block as being able to transfer energy faster in the horizontal and towards the other end of the pool. Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I say, BRAVO, to the coaches who thought this up. They are the ones bending the envelope. Hooray!!! Faster times.

Looks like CHEATIN' to me. Show me a cheater, and I'll show you a winner everytime. If the committee changes the rule to allow it, it ain't cheatin'. Looks like the RaceClub folks are being proactive and just preparing for the change. When did the blocks become so long, from front to back? My guess would be when teams started to do step in relay starts. Longer block, better motion for relays, faster times. Committee allowed it. I'm guessing though. I do not see this as being any different than any other changes that have come about in this sport over the last 100 years. Why the changes? Because people want faster times. Plain and simple, we want faster times. If you can get more of your motion and energy in the horizontal faster from the blocks, you'll have faster times. I see the track block as being able to transfer energy faster in the horizontal and towards the other end of the pool. Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I say, BRAVO, to the coaches who thought this up. They are the ones bending the envelope. Hooray!!! Faster times.