I know he's a US Swimming icon, but he is really, REALLY hard to listen to sometimes. He gets so excited that he messes up names and strokes, but he also just makes crap up. Then spends 5 minutes trying to prove it.
I may have to mute him! God help him if Phelps is going for # 7 and 8 by the end of the week!
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ehoch,
The fact of the matter is Rowdy's start was not a singular cause of his victory in 1984. If you ever swam with him (either a race or workout) you would realize one of his biggest assets was his ability to get in and out of his walls faster than his competition. Look at the tape of the race if you have access to it. The turn is very decisive. The Aussie would lose the race singularly on the turn regardless of the start. It was a classic 1980's American victory combining talent with superior starts and turns in the sprints as compared to other countries..... a result no doubt from years of short course training and speed work that many countries did not emphasize as much as the US.
Net...... The start looked fast....... his turn sealed the deal.
"I have actually seen an interview with Rowdy where he knew about the habit of the starter to start very quickly and Rowdy stated that he just went down and jumped - in the end it was smart, because he won. The video is somewhere on US swimming - the worst start I have ever seen at the Olympics."
ehoch,
The fact of the matter is Rowdy's start was not a singular cause of his victory in 1984. If you ever swam with him (either a race or workout) you would realize one of his biggest assets was his ability to get in and out of his walls faster than his competition. Look at the tape of the race if you have access to it. The turn is very decisive. The Aussie would lose the race singularly on the turn regardless of the start. It was a classic 1980's American victory combining talent with superior starts and turns in the sprints as compared to other countries..... a result no doubt from years of short course training and speed work that many countries did not emphasize as much as the US.
Net...... The start looked fast....... his turn sealed the deal.
"I have actually seen an interview with Rowdy where he knew about the habit of the starter to start very quickly and Rowdy stated that he just went down and jumped - in the end it was smart, because he won. The video is somewhere on US swimming - the worst start I have ever seen at the Olympics."
