andrejs wrote:
Marlin wrote:
3-4 fly kicks for me on 50s and 100s. I slack down to 1-2 on 800s.
Under 20s for the 50y is pretty rare. The WR is 18-something. Was this in practice or a high level NCAA competition?
No, just a lunchtime swim session I went to at my local pool. I've seen him around before and today he was practicing starting from the blocks. He's an absolute beast and just fun to watch but swimming in the next lane is straight up depressing. I didn't time him to the split of a second, but it was just under 20s looking at the clock.
That sounds so amazing that my BS meter is going off.
How tall was he? 6'4" or more?
Is he known to most swimmers by only one name?
Was he shaved and tapered?
This was under 20 seconds for 50 yards?
Even if you are off by a bit; very, very few people go 21 or under just in a workout.
As far as the streamline; in high school our coach assigned us a calculus problem to decide when to begin stroking off the wall.
I've forgotten most of my calculus since then; but the gist was you need to begin your stroke just before your speed drops to your swimming speed.
You should never be faster than when you push off the wall; so use that speed as much to your advantage as possible.
As for me; I strive to get at least my shoulders beyond the flags at all distances that I am swimming - when going well, I am for my feet to the flags.