How Far Can You GLIDE?
Here's the Rules for Streamline Gliding:
1) Go Underwater,
2) push off the wall as hard as you can,
(should we have a FROM A DIVE category too?)
3) streamline as skinny as you can like Michael Phelps
4) glide as FAR as you can,
you measure your distance from the wall you started at to the furthest point your body reaches, probably your finger tips
5) but you can't kick or pull, you can only glide, if you kick or pull you are DQed
6) you're done when you stop, breathe, or break your streamline,
and
7) you are only allowed to wear one training suit or a 2011 FINA Approved tech suits, but no wetsuits or full body rubber suits,
you may wear a cap and goggles. pretty much follow the USMS suit rules
Give it a try, See how far you get.
Let us know or better yet make a video and post the link to your streamline glide here in this thread.
RIDE THE GLIDE
Here's a video I made on Friday April 22nd, 2011 of my furthest streamline glide so far.
YouTube - Swimmer Glides FAR from just One Push
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2) Would it be better to count where you break the surface? Otherwise this is an exercise in how long you can hold your breath as much as it is a gliding challenge... maybe that isn't a bad thing.
I tried it this morning in warm-up and came to a complete stop a wee bit before half way point. I did it in a fairly shallow part of the pool (5 feet) and there was some definite friction from the bottom of the pool. I will try it again tomorrow from the diving well part of the pool.
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2) Would it be better to count where you break the surface? Otherwise this is an exercise in how long you can hold your breath as much as it is a gliding challenge... maybe that isn't a bad thing.
I tried it this morning in warm-up and came to a complete stop a wee bit before half way point. I did it in a fairly shallow part of the pool (5 feet) and there was some definite friction from the bottom of the pool. I will try it again tomorrow from the diving well part of the pool.
