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
I've always thought they should just leave the order up to the competitor. You could choose what you want and wouldn't have to specify the choice beforehand (but if you started with backstroke you could do a dive start and flip over on your back).
IM races are often the most fun events to watch anyway due to lead changes but this would make it even better.
This would be fun! I'd even bring a camera to tape -no, not the swimmers, but all the funny outtakes of the stroke/turn judges and see how they are able to watch 4 lanes each and keep track of who swam which strokes in what lane.
Just think if they ever applied that to the 200 and 400 IM - any order, as long as you do 2 lengths or 4 lengths of each stroke SOMEWHERE in that 200/400 IM, tee hee!!
My sister is taking classes to become a swimming official! It's actually very interesting!!!
I've always thought they should just leave the order up to the competitor. You could choose what you want and wouldn't have to specify the choice beforehand (but if you started with backstroke you could do a dive start and flip over on your back).
IM races are often the most fun events to watch anyway due to lead changes but this would make it even better.
This would be fun! I'd even bring a camera to tape -no, not the swimmers, but all the funny outtakes of the stroke/turn judges and see how they are able to watch 4 lanes each and keep track of who swam which strokes in what lane.
Just think if they ever applied that to the 200 and 400 IM - any order, as long as you do 2 lengths or 4 lengths of each stroke SOMEWHERE in that 200/400 IM, tee hee!!
My sister is taking classes to become a swimming official! It's actually very interesting!!!
