the order for IM is
fl bk br fr
but if you could change up the order of the IM
there are 24 stroke order combinations to choose from
They are:
fl bk br fr IM order
fl bk fr br
fl br bk fr
fl br fr bk (i think this is the fastest order)
fl fr bk br
fl fr br bk
bk fl br fr medley order
bk fl fr br
bk br fl fr (this is probably the slowest order, because you get no flip from fly to free)
bk br fr fl (this might be the most painful order)
bk fr fl br
bk fr br fl
br fl bk fr
br fl fr bk (tyler thinks this is the fastest order)
br bk fl fr
br bk fr fl
br fr bk fl
br fr fl bk
fr fl bk br
fr fl br bk
fr bk br fl
fr bk fl br
fr br bk fl
fr br fl bk
If normal stroke rules apply:
Which order is the fastest?
Why?
Which order is the slowest?
Why?
Which order is most painful?
if you moved breastroke to first or second in order would breastrokers have less of an advantage in IMs than they do with the traditional order?
a pretty easy work out would be
24 x 100 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
More challenging might be
24 x 200 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
seriously challenging would be
24 x 400 IM doing each stroke order sequence once
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Which is the fastest?
Why?
Simply switching bk & br might be faster than the standard. It would be for me, I think, and this would be my preference. I'm guessing that having the slowest stroke (br) as the third leg, where fatigue is peaking and the adrenaline for the last leg has yet to kick in might be slower than building through the backstroke as the third leg into the free. Plus you could argue for a back-to-free flip, and that there's some benefit for going short axis x2, then long axis x2.
Which is the slowest?
Why?
bk br fr fl
I'm just thinking of the delta between each legs' splits versus those of the standard order. Back and *** splits might not be too different in this order (bk a bit faster, br probably about the same). Then you'd have to be conservative on free (more so than going ba**s out at the end) and you'd be dead on the fly, way way slower than a first-leg fly.
Which is most painful?
bk fr br fl
I was thinking about something similar the other day in the context of making swimming more exciting. What if the IM order was selected at random and announced while the heat was behind the blocks? Different winners each time (take that, breastrokers), re-thinking strategy on the fly, needing to know your competitors really well, and new, exciting lead changes. Who would the coach enter in the IM given a 25% chance fly would be last?
Which is the fastest?
Why?
Simply switching bk & br might be faster than the standard. It would be for me, I think, and this would be my preference. I'm guessing that having the slowest stroke (br) as the third leg, where fatigue is peaking and the adrenaline for the last leg has yet to kick in might be slower than building through the backstroke as the third leg into the free. Plus you could argue for a back-to-free flip, and that there's some benefit for going short axis x2, then long axis x2.
Which is the slowest?
Why?
bk br fr fl
I'm just thinking of the delta between each legs' splits versus those of the standard order. Back and *** splits might not be too different in this order (bk a bit faster, br probably about the same). Then you'd have to be conservative on free (more so than going ba**s out at the end) and you'd be dead on the fly, way way slower than a first-leg fly.
Which is most painful?
bk fr br fl
I was thinking about something similar the other day in the context of making swimming more exciting. What if the IM order was selected at random and announced while the heat was behind the blocks? Different winners each time (take that, breastrokers), re-thinking strategy on the fly, needing to know your competitors really well, and new, exciting lead changes. Who would the coach enter in the IM given a 25% chance fly would be last?
