3Aims wrote:
Dilbert wrote:
A 17 year old kid often swims in our pool. I get in the lane next to him just so I can study what he does. It is insane how fast he is. He takes like 3 strokes (okay exaggerating...) and he's across the 25y pool. He's across in 15 seconds and he looks like he's just gliding. It's insane.
We've got something close in our masters group. A D1 recent grad, only swims in the second fastest lane, takes about 10-13 strokes per 25m and his kick is pretty mild. Never looks like he is trying. Does his own drills which are kinda unusual, but man when he steps on it nobody is faster in the pool. He's the guy who swims really fast but creates no disturbance in the water. I've swam next to him for hundreds of laps as he passes by and I just can't see what he does different versus the other guys in the fastest lanes that are churning water like crazy to be fast.
Some guys are fast but splash a lot, but only a few can swim fast AND smoothly such that they create very little splash. Your guy sounds like a genuine fast "Mr. Smooth", to use Swim Smooth's terminology:)
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