Backstrokers unite.
We know every detail of the ceilings where we train unless it's the sky which is ever changing.
We SDK every day. It's breath taking.
We go forwards in reverse.
We get to flip over on turns. We gotta stay on our back.
We swim back. We kick back.
Aaron's the man
YouTube- Aaron Peirsol gets title and new record, from Universal Sports
YouTube- Aaron Peirsol Late Night Appearance/Interview (8.28.08)
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Does anybody have a good video showing an effective gutter start? I would be interested to see it- and, copy it! I'm not a backstroker, but every once in awhile I race 50 backstroke for the heck of it. :D
2-19-12 - Kirkland, WA - 200 Back - YouTube
Not good, but I do this when the walls or pads are extremely slippery (or playing around). I use a "normal" gutter start 90% of the time though.
I don't really lift up at all at the signal, just prep for my explosion backward into my streamline and dolphin kick like mad.
Here's another one I found, but it's from a distance:
11-20-11 Cheney, WA USA-S 200 Back - YouTube
And a 3rd one, this one is better for a view of the start:
3-26-11 200 Back.mp4 - YouTube
A 4th one, which shows my gutter start vs. That Guy's block start, and we are basically in the same position at the 25 meter point of the race, showing that the start position doesn't necessarily dictate the race:
6-12-11 200 LCM Back - Corvallis, OR - YouTube
Does anybody have a good video showing an effective gutter start? I would be interested to see it- and, copy it! I'm not a backstroker, but every once in awhile I race 50 backstroke for the heck of it. :D
2-19-12 - Kirkland, WA - 200 Back - YouTube
Not good, but I do this when the walls or pads are extremely slippery (or playing around). I use a "normal" gutter start 90% of the time though.
I don't really lift up at all at the signal, just prep for my explosion backward into my streamline and dolphin kick like mad.
Here's another one I found, but it's from a distance:
11-20-11 Cheney, WA USA-S 200 Back - YouTube
And a 3rd one, this one is better for a view of the start:
3-26-11 200 Back.mp4 - YouTube
A 4th one, which shows my gutter start vs. That Guy's block start, and we are basically in the same position at the 25 meter point of the race, showing that the start position doesn't necessarily dictate the race:
6-12-11 200 LCM Back - Corvallis, OR - YouTube
