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
YES! it's great a way to perfect your pushoffs and streamlines
Ask someone to video you from above from a 3 board or platform or 5 meter platform
Wear a new TECH SUIT
rest a while and breathe like you're preparing to hold our breath for over a minute
Breathe in as much as you possibly can on your final breath then jump in & go as deep as your pool allows
push off hard
streamline skinny & glide far
as you lose momentum slightly angle your arms head & upper torso up and let your fat & extra air in your lungs surge you to the surface,
even when you're moving super slow maintain your streamline & body position, keep holding your breath, don't leak any air,
deal with doubt & discomfort as you're nearing the end
For self taught swimmers who started from scratch later in life where swimming wasn't reinforced in childhood, this gliding skill seems to be something valuable. I swear I've improved considerably since I started this simple maneuver. I think it corrected something that was off.
YES! it's great a way to perfect your pushoffs and streamlines
Ask someone to video you from above from a 3 board or platform or 5 meter platform
Wear a new TECH SUIT
rest a while and breathe like you're preparing to hold our breath for over a minute
Breathe in as much as you possibly can on your final breath then jump in & go as deep as your pool allows
push off hard
streamline skinny & glide far
as you lose momentum slightly angle your arms head & upper torso up and let your fat & extra air in your lungs surge you to the surface,
even when you're moving super slow maintain your streamline & body position, keep holding your breath, don't leak any air,
deal with doubt & discomfort as you're nearing the end
For self taught swimmers who started from scratch later in life where swimming wasn't reinforced in childhood, this gliding skill seems to be something valuable. I swear I've improved considerably since I started this simple maneuver. I think it corrected something that was off.
