Any old dogs out there trying new tricks? Any younger generation masters swimmers swimming this way?
www.goswim.tv/.../freestyle---loper-drill.html
"In watching the Olympics, we can't help but notice the impact that "lopers" are having in freestyle. While high-rate freestylers and straight-arm freestylers have been getting the most attention this year for the speeds they've achieved, lopers are certainly making a HUGE impact."
seems to me like the lope is really an adjustment made for breathing.
1) does anyone lope and alternate breathe?
2) would phelps do the lope if he were swimming with a snorkel?
My theory is that the lope allows the swimmer to incorporate some dolphining into the long-axis strokes, ie, use the torso to produce propulsion.
In my own freestyle, I both lope and add a dolphin kick.
But I think David is mostly right (or maybe they both are). Loping in backstroke seems less common than in freestyle.
seems to me like the lope is really an adjustment made for breathing.
1) does anyone lope and alternate breathe?
2) would phelps do the lope if he were swimming with a snorkel?
My theory is that the lope allows the swimmer to incorporate some dolphining into the long-axis strokes, ie, use the torso to produce propulsion.
In my own freestyle, I both lope and add a dolphin kick.
But I think David is mostly right (or maybe they both are). Loping in backstroke seems less common than in freestyle.
