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.
Zurn
I don't think anyone can give an answer as to what we should do under water or above the water. The swim stroke is a neverending story of development. Stroke changes will happen forever or until we can swim as fast as we could run. Once we introduce bubble technology into swimming we may even be able to swim at the speed of sound. If we are not able to do this, we will still try. But then Fina will say it is not acceptable.
I think Hoch would disagree with you George after he got a chance to do some testing at Clovis...he found clea evidence that the straightarm recovery, along with a lower head postion and a straighter underwater pull vs. "S" pull all helped generate significantly more power...for HIM.
Hoch, if you read this I'm curious what suit you wore during testing? I bring this up because as we discussed earleir Jonty Skinners excellent article on the straight are recovery being successful because the suits buoancy allows for it to be maintained up to 100m (long course).
This is not to say it will or should work for everyone and I agree with you that there will be a continuing evolution of technique.
Zurn, welcome aboard! I'd suggest dropping in on the Race Club forums and asking Gary directly...
Zurn
I don't think anyone can give an answer as to what we should do under water or above the water. The swim stroke is a neverending story of development. Stroke changes will happen forever or until we can swim as fast as we could run. Once we introduce bubble technology into swimming we may even be able to swim at the speed of sound. If we are not able to do this, we will still try. But then Fina will say it is not acceptable.
I think Hoch would disagree with you George after he got a chance to do some testing at Clovis...he found clea evidence that the straightarm recovery, along with a lower head postion and a straighter underwater pull vs. "S" pull all helped generate significantly more power...for HIM.
Hoch, if you read this I'm curious what suit you wore during testing? I bring this up because as we discussed earleir Jonty Skinners excellent article on the straight are recovery being successful because the suits buoancy allows for it to be maintained up to 100m (long course).
This is not to say it will or should work for everyone and I agree with you that there will be a continuing evolution of technique.
Zurn, welcome aboard! I'd suggest dropping in on the Race Club forums and asking Gary directly...
