This may be opening a can of worms here, but I'm having an argument with someone in my group. If someone is drafting off of you in a pool set (like 4x200 SCY), does it hurt your effort? Does the lead swimmer have to work harder or experience some other negative benefit?
I've read a bit about aerodynamics and it would seem that in car racing, the lead car actually gets a positive benefit, but I'm not sure if that's true in swimming.
To answer the question,not hydrodynamically(psychologically maybe.)Unfortunately,unlike NASCAR,it doesn't really help either as the bow wave from the drafting swimmer is too close to that swimmers head to provide any measurable effect on the lead swimmer.
To answer the question,not hydrodynamically(psychologically maybe.)Unfortunately,unlike NASCAR,it doesn't really help either as the bow wave from the drafting swimmer is too close to that swimmers head to provide any measurable effect on the lead swimmer.
