I guess its not always about swimming "pretty" when you can throw down a 41.8 100 free...Nathan Adrian's in lane 5, check out the slow start, horrible/short break-outs where he hits the wave on the 2nd & 3rd turns (granted, when you're that far ahead you would have to stay under for at least 12yds to miss it)...and explain to me the change to staright-arm/windmill the last 5 strokes?
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Don't be dissin' the Bear(s)! And don't they have the same complaints about Nystrand? Although I cannot provide evidence, I would assume that Nathan is very efficient under water, and what goes on above the water is less relevant to generating propulsion.
Jim...don't forget...UCSB and Cal have some long-standing ties (including almost getting tossed in jail back at NCAA's in Cleveland when you guys won) and we love to wave dollar bills at the Stanford folks just as much as you!
But go back and look at that swim again...his last 5 strokes do look very much like Nystrand, but I've never seen anyone switch withn a race like this before?
Don't be dissin' the Bear(s)! And don't they have the same complaints about Nystrand? Although I cannot provide evidence, I would assume that Nathan is very efficient under water, and what goes on above the water is less relevant to generating propulsion.
Jim...don't forget...UCSB and Cal have some long-standing ties (including almost getting tossed in jail back at NCAA's in Cleveland when you guys won) and we love to wave dollar bills at the Stanford folks just as much as you!
But go back and look at that swim again...his last 5 strokes do look very much like Nystrand, but I've never seen anyone switch withn a race like this before?
