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How Far Can You GLIDE?

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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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  • Before I jumped in, I breathed in as much air as I could Pushed off pretty deep, went level till I started slowing down then angled up Using my float factor to rise to the surface Note how I picked up speed in that phase Then glided ever so slowly to the wall I didn't let out any air At the flags & where the lane lines Turn red I Wasn't sure I was going to make it After I touched I think I could have gone a little further YouTube - Swimmer Glides FAR from just One Push I think Ande is right that you need to work on the angle so you're able to use buoyancy to help push you forward.
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  • Before I jumped in, I breathed in as much air as I could Pushed off pretty deep, went level till I started slowing down then angled up Using my float factor to rise to the surface Note how I picked up speed in that phase Then glided ever so slowly to the wall I didn't let out any air At the flags & where the lane lines Turn red I Wasn't sure I was going to make it After I touched I think I could have gone a little further YouTube - Swimmer Glides FAR from just One Push I think Ande is right that you need to work on the angle so you're able to use buoyancy to help push you forward.
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