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."
I guess the rule is so you don't resubmerge and do underwater SDK? As long as you are doing the front crawl, I don't think you would ever see a DQ. Your feet are almost always breaking the surface.
Phelps did not invent one sided breathing or the lope that comes with it, he did not invent SDK, but he shure is exploiting these things.
Check out Athens. Watch Phelps carefully. The lope is not nearly as defined as now. Thorpe demonstrates the symmetrical no lope form. I think we will see more of the lope.
YouTube - Michael Phelps vs Ian Thorpe - 200m Freestyle
I guess the rule is so you don't resubmerge and do underwater SDK? As long as you are doing the front crawl, I don't think you would ever see a DQ. Your feet are almost always breaking the surface.
Phelps did not invent one sided breathing or the lope that comes with it, he did not invent SDK, but he shure is exploiting these things.
Check out Athens. Watch Phelps carefully. The lope is not nearly as defined as now. Thorpe demonstrates the symmetrical no lope form. I think we will see more of the lope.
YouTube - Michael Phelps vs Ian Thorpe - 200m Freestyle
