As quoted in the AP article:
"You'll all have to see. I'm not saying anything until we unveil it," Phelps said with a grin when asked how he's tweaked the stroke. "It's a significant change. You'll be able to tell exactly what I did as soon as I take my first stroke."
He's on tap to swim the 100- and 200-meter free and the 100 butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim in NC. Should be interesting to see.
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Come on people!!! No more loping talk. To talk about the lope is to admit to being a dope!!!
I find that when I have a bit of a lope in my stroke, that swimming freestyle is a bit easier. If I try to swim smooth and with symmetry(sp?) that I go almost no where fast.
I doubt any of us can have as big a lope as Phelps and be effective but then again, none of us have his kick that goes along with his lope either.
His lope makes reminds me of skippin rocks on the water. He just bounces fast down the pool.
The lope is all in the timing to be effective, which I think we would all agree on.
Come on people!!! No more loping talk. To talk about the lope is to admit to being a dope!!!
I find that when I have a bit of a lope in my stroke, that swimming freestyle is a bit easier. If I try to swim smooth and with symmetry(sp?) that I go almost no where fast.
I doubt any of us can have as big a lope as Phelps and be effective but then again, none of us have his kick that goes along with his lope either.
His lope makes reminds me of skippin rocks on the water. He just bounces fast down the pool.
The lope is all in the timing to be effective, which I think we would all agree on.
