I just watched this today. Shaq and Phelps were both great. They made the show very entertaining. Lots of great smack talk and pre-race build up. It's cool to see how well Shaq researches everything. You can tell that he does his homework and learns everything he can about both his competitors and the sport he is competing in. I am sure that quality helped him get where he is in basketball.
Shaq did pretty well in the pool considering how little he trained. If he tightened up his streamline and got rid of that scissor kick, he would be pretty fast.
That was pretty entertaining! You could tell Phelps was a bit slow. It seems he was basically just kicking with one leg and just keeping the injured ankle afloat.
When he was doing his SDK's he was only moving one foot so, he was deff at a disadvantage.
Entertaining though!:applaud:
That was very entertaining. The ladies were moving along pretty fast.
The producers must have timed it just right for a neck and neck finish.
The underwater camera momentarily caught Phelps slowing down with his hands when he went into the wall on the backstroke flip.
Saw the show and I gotta say I was pretty impressed with Shaq. We all thought he was going to just fail, but he was actually a pretty competent swimmer for someone who probably never swam before this competition.
Props to Shaq. Now let's see how Phelps shoots a basketball.
We just watched it. The show was pretty funny - they kept it entertaining. It looked like Phelps wasn't swimming as fast as he could have, although it was filmed when he had an ankle injury. It looked like he had to dolphin kick for the breaststroke leg of his IM.
