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
13m is the farthest I've been able to manage with a 3ft deep push off. I'll have to wait until the fall when we have our next home meet and move the balkhead and try starting from 10ft deep and see if that helps.
I also noticed I go farther holding my breath the entire time rather than slowly exhaling.
13m is the farthest I've been able to manage with a 3ft deep push off. I'll have to wait until the fall when we have our next home meet and move the balkhead and try starting from 10ft deep and see if that helps.
I also noticed I go farther holding my breath the entire time rather than slowly exhaling.
