The new issue of the ASCA magazine demonstrates a start like the grab start except you grab the block on the side about even with your ankles and lean forward as far as you can.The article says it is about .3 sec faster.I haven't tried it yet,have any of you?
Bob,
Great post! I have to say you are the breastroke king and there is nothing I can ever do to change that.:bow:
However, you write in your post that you will remain slower than Rich but faster than me......... A correction is in order here. The last time I looked you remained slower than me in the 50 free. Get used to it. With the weight training I am now doing, by the time we get to Atlanta you will be lucky to swim in my wake.:banana:
Bob,
Great post! I have to say you are the breastroke king and there is nothing I can ever do to change that.:bow:
However, you write in your post that you will remain slower than Rich but faster than me......... A correction is in order here. The last time I looked you remained slower than me in the 50 free. Get used to it. With the weight training I am now doing, by the time we get to Atlanta you will be lucky to swim in my wake.:banana:
What about the 50 fly??
Bob,
If you don't go to Atlanta, you are just making it easier for Allen. And guidance? I don't need no stinking guidance. Unless it is about how to jump on a relay...............:D
An excellant level of trash talking! My best buddy through high school and I competed day and night in everything from swimming, surfing, chinups, parcheesi --- didn't matter what it was, it was a blood sport. Unwritten rules of trash talking were to lay off the other guys family, and . . . . hmmmm . . ummmhhhh??? .... guess that was about the only limit. The only time we'd let up is when we were on a relay together, then all derogatory statements shifted to our soon to be humbled opponents.:applaud:
We used to call it the Gargoyle start . Grab the side & lean out as far as you can without falling in. It also made me feel as if I could not get my hands out in front on time. I now use the grab between my legs start.
