The cheaters are at it again :D
Now they are using floating devices ahhhh evil suits AND new evil starting blocks. :applaud:
Just watched the Berlin races ... the reactions times are down and I saw people approach the 5 meter mark on the entry - they are launching off those blocks.
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Interesting.
I will be curious to see if people will experiment with these to try to get the most out of them.
Back in the early 1970's there was, for a brief period, a fad in track sprinting wherein a sprinter used starting blocks but didn't get all the way down like you see now. It was a semi-standing start and was actually fairly fast, although not as fast as the all-the-way-down starts. Given the size limitation of a swimmer's starting block, this might actually be a useful technique to experiment with since it didn't need the same area as an all-the-way-down start.
-LBJ
Interesting.
I will be curious to see if people will experiment with these to try to get the most out of them.
Back in the early 1970's there was, for a brief period, a fad in track sprinting wherein a sprinter used starting blocks but didn't get all the way down like you see now. It was a semi-standing start and was actually fairly fast, although not as fast as the all-the-way-down starts. Given the size limitation of a swimmer's starting block, this might actually be a useful technique to experiment with since it didn't need the same area as an all-the-way-down start.
-LBJ
