The swim smooth guys have a new site at www.swimtypes.com that attempts to classify swimmers into six types. I found it interesting to try, and to see how the classification changed when I played around with the input values.
One of the things I found interesting was that they said their data show that people are somewhat polarized between sub 1:25/100m continuous pace for "smooth"/ideal swimmers and plus 1:25/100m "overgliders" and that fitness doesn't seem to be a big factor in dividing people across that time. Most people with good technique will be under 1:25 pace and very few swimmers with overglider technique problems will be able to get under 1:25. They use your 400m time as the input so if your time is under 5:40 you will be classified as smooth, much over that and you'll be classified as an overglider or swinger.
In any case I would be interested in seeing how other people classify and whether you agree with the classification.
Fairly typical and it's fine. It's just not the way I work, hence my apparent reserve in stating it's right or wrong. But I am alone in my camp, at least on this discussion forum.
I definitely see the point you're making. Not every little swimming "flaw" is worth fixing, and if you're going to take the trouble to try to fix something, then you ought to make sure that it actually improves something (faster, less pain, etc).
Fairly typical and it's fine. It's just not the way I work, hence my apparent reserve in stating it's right or wrong. But I am alone in my camp, at least on this discussion forum.
I definitely see the point you're making. Not every little swimming "flaw" is worth fixing, and if you're going to take the trouble to try to fix something, then you ought to make sure that it actually improves something (faster, less pain, etc).
