It would be especially hard to claim that it's about power if I was swimming with just one arm though....
But you understand what you are saying, right? On the one hand, you're saying that the reason that MOP/BOP'ers aren't faster is because they don't have the talent of the faster guys. On the other hand, you're also saying that the reason you got faster was because you buckled down and actually got to work. But you dismiss the "work hard" side when the lifelong swimmers say that's the reason that they're fast (albeit not as fast as they used to be, in most cases), and chalk it up to talent.
But, back to this side, technique matters. So does work, and fitness. Somewhere in there, talent does play a role, but there's no point in talking about it since you can't actually know how much talent you have, and even if you could, there's nothing you can do about it...
ETA - none of the fish on this board make any claims about "do this and you'll go 1:15's" as some sort of absolute number, and I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who scoffs at someone slower. It's all relative to where you're at now. So if you're at 2:00/100 now, make some changes and maybe you get to 1:58's. then 1:55's... I've certainly never said that making technique changes is easy, I don't recall anyone else saying that either.
Swimming Workout of the Day:
Favourite Swim Sets:
2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
But you understand what you are saying, right? On the one hand, you're saying that the reason that MOP/BOP'ers aren't faster is because they don't have the talent of the faster guys. On the other hand, you're also saying that the reason you got faster was because you buckled down and actually got to work. But you dismiss the "work hard" side when the lifelong swimmers say that's the reason that they're fast (albeit not as fast as they used to be, in most cases), and chalk it up to talent.
But, back to this side, technique matters. So does work, and fitness. Somewhere in there, talent does play a role, but there's no point in talking about it since you can't actually know how much talent you have, and even if you could, there's nothing you can do about it...
ETA - none of the fish on this board make any claims about "do this and you'll go 1:15's" as some sort of absolute number, and I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who scoffs at someone slower. It's all relative to where you're at now. So if you're at 2:00/100 now, make some changes and maybe you get to 1:58's. then 1:55's... I've certainly never said that making technique changes is easy, I don't recall anyone else saying that either.
Swimming Workout of the Day:
Favourite Swim Sets:
2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
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JasoninHalifax: May 22, 19 8:24