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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I was lucky enough to attend the Stanford/Cal men's dual meet this year. In general, all the Cal swimmers breathed every stroke until the last 5 meters of their 100 free. None did much SDK on the start or turns, but I don't believe they lost ground to their opponents who did. I feel they have tried their turns both ways and stuck with what works best for them.
John
I was lucky enough to attend the Stanford/Cal men's dual meet this year. In general, all the Cal swimmers breathed every stroke until the last 5 meters of their 100 free. None did much SDK on the start or turns, but I don't believe they lost ground to their opponents who did. I feel they have tried their turns both ways and stuck with what works best for them.
John
