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."
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When I first started swimming with the local master's team here, two people commented on my freestyle and said that I had a gallop or lope. Prior to this, I had been out of the pool for probably 15 years, but swam off and on to get in a workout. Long story short, they told me to correct my loping. I was just doing what comes naturally, as in it feels right.
Now that I read this, I am wondering if I should continue with my cadence, because it does feel better, rhythmically. I breathe to the right.
If I work on loping, will I overdevelop/underdevelop my shoulders or foul up my stroke? It is nothing irreversible I am assuming.
When I first started swimming with the local master's team here, two people commented on my freestyle and said that I had a gallop or lope. Prior to this, I had been out of the pool for probably 15 years, but swam off and on to get in a workout. Long story short, they told me to correct my loping. I was just doing what comes naturally, as in it feels right.
Now that I read this, I am wondering if I should continue with my cadence, because it does feel better, rhythmically. I breathe to the right.
If I work on loping, will I overdevelop/underdevelop my shoulders or foul up my stroke? It is nothing irreversible I am assuming.
