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 know they are intentionally exaggerating this in the drill, but isn't it illegal to fully submerge once you've surfaced? If so, there are definitely guys swimming in that goswim clip with an illegal stroke.
That underwater video of the Olympic relay is really cool! It sounds like they recorded the audio for it underwater, too ;)
I have a feeling loping could be a hard thing to teach and hard to learn.
it might be something swimmers settle into after years of training.
It takes s strong kick & core to lope, but when it falls apart (race fatigue, bad splitting) things get ugly and worse than swimmer's with a balanced free.
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if I lope when I swim free
Does that give me an Ande-lope?
I guess loping works. Lezak and Phelps use it. I watched carefully in slow motion and it looks like Phelps gets completely submerged. It must be legal. Perhaps his feet ever so slightly break the surface.
In ocean water swims I lope, more pronounced if there are swells. It helps me with rhythm and spotting.
It wasn't taught to me, it just feels better. Once I got over the fact that I changed my stroke to meet the conditions I had much more fun.
I kind of like my lope now.
I switch to a loping stroke on the 2nd 50 of the 100, mainly to prevent tricept fatigue. Maybe not the fastest alternative, but it was a good trick in college.
