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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seems to me that loping is nothing more than converting freestyle arms to modified fly arms. for instance, if anyone has ever done some degree of single arm butterfly (GoSwim.TV has a 3-3-3 Fly drill, for instance), the single-arm portions are loping strokes. The underwater pull is different, but the recovery is the same. Thus, although loping is predominantly done with same-side breathing, it can be done breathing every third stroke. In such case, you'd lope the breathing stroke. i tend to glide out my freestyle strokes a bit, so, with a bit more emphasis on the diving arm motion, i am pretty sure i could convert my stroke into a more loping stroke with little trouble. i'll have to try it.
--Sean
seems to me that loping is nothing more than converting freestyle arms to modified fly arms. for instance, if anyone has ever done some degree of single arm butterfly (GoSwim.TV has a 3-3-3 Fly drill, for instance), the single-arm portions are loping strokes. The underwater pull is different, but the recovery is the same. Thus, although loping is predominantly done with same-side breathing, it can be done breathing every third stroke. In such case, you'd lope the breathing stroke. i tend to glide out my freestyle strokes a bit, so, with a bit more emphasis on the diving arm motion, i am pretty sure i could convert my stroke into a more loping stroke with little trouble. i'll have to try it.
--Sean
