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?
www.floswimming.org/.../89677
I've found that I can't sustain straight-arm free for very long. It seems faster initially for me, but it gets messy in a hurry, and then I slow down. It never occurred to me to use it as a weapon at the end of a race, like switching to a 6-beat kick. Maybe I'll try switching to straight-arm for the last 25 of the 400 IM... :banana:
I've found that I can't sustain straight-arm free for very long. It seems faster initially for me, but it gets messy in a hurry, and then I slow down. It never occurred to me to use it as a weapon at the end of a race, like switching to a 6-beat kick. Maybe I'll try switching to straight-arm for the last 25 of the 400 IM... :banana:
