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
I took 3 tries during my cool down this morning.
1st Attempt - Drag Suit, No Cap, push off at 8 feet - distance 12 yards with about a yard on the surface.
2nd Attempt - Drag Suit, Cap, push off at 8 feet - distance 10 yards
3rd Attempt - Drag Suit, Cap, push off at 8 feet, jumped in from deck before push off - distance 10 yards
What I learned is that angle matters. My first attempt, I didn't push off very close to the bottom. As a result, I was able to stay flatter while I had speed from the push off and then gradually increase my ascent angle. On the last two attempts, I tried to stay closer to the bottom. As the pool floor rose, I was forced to change my angle with it and ended up rising far too quickly. Will experiment more tomorrow.
I took 3 tries during my cool down this morning.
1st Attempt - Drag Suit, No Cap, push off at 8 feet - distance 12 yards with about a yard on the surface.
2nd Attempt - Drag Suit, Cap, push off at 8 feet - distance 10 yards
3rd Attempt - Drag Suit, Cap, push off at 8 feet, jumped in from deck before push off - distance 10 yards
What I learned is that angle matters. My first attempt, I didn't push off very close to the bottom. As a result, I was able to stay flatter while I had speed from the push off and then gradually increase my ascent angle. On the last two attempts, I tried to stay closer to the bottom. As the pool floor rose, I was forced to change my angle with it and ended up rising far too quickly. Will experiment more tomorrow.
