ericlambi wrote:
Is he sighting every stroke?
It kinda looks that way, doesn't it??? However, i *think* that, b/c he's going pretty damn fast and riding very high in the water, it just kinda looks that way. I've seen similar head position and "head behavior" with fast swimmers in the pool, when they really would have no need to sight. Also, the purple buoys are on his left whereas he's breathing mostly to his right and looking forward. I would *think* if he wanted to sight, he'd use those buoys and breath left. Further, he's using the "gallop stroke" that Phelps and a lot of top freestylers use, which requires large amounts of power to get up above the water enough to do "the gallop". It is a pretty asymmetrical stroke which some argue is less efficient but the top guys almost all use it, as well as some girls like Ledeckie.
Others may disagree and say he is indeed sighting every stroke cycle.
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