Swimming Technique February 1983

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Table of Contents

• Technical – Velocity Profiles . . . . . . 13

Yancher, Larsen and Baer show a method for diagnosing trouble spots

• Power/Velocity. . . . . . . . . 16

By comparing to an ideal, you can see your swimmers’ strengths and faults

• Three Starts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

A kinematic analysis of three starts, by Don Wilson and Wayne Marino

• Tuck Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Kent Woelber presents an intriguing new possibility for getting off the blocks

• Pool operation – Pool Prepping . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Opening day doesn’t have to be a can of worms, according to Rich Elliott Special accessories section

• Coach on Camera . . . . . . . . 19

Pete Riebsame suggests that coaches try turning the videotape around for once

• Buying Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SWIMMING TECHNIQUE’S annual listing of the best of almost everything aquatic

• Departments

                     Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

                    Abstract View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

                    The Cutting Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

                    Against the Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

                    Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

                    Pool Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

                   Bookshelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

                  Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

                 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

                 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

On the cover

In any swimming race, at no time is the swimmer moving faster than during the start. How to take advantage of that opportunity is the subject of two articles in this issue. On page 30, two Canadian researchers compare the armswing, grab and whip starts using statistical analysis of cinematographic data. Then, on page 35, a new wrinkle is added to the old question of how to get off the blocks faster.

Also in this issue, the team of Ross Yancher, Orvel Larsen and Clarence Baer strikes again with two studies of velocity curves in swimming. The same threesome that brought you “Boat Design and Swimming Performance” (Aug.-Oct. ‘8!) now gives the coach further analytical tools to improve times.

(Cover photo by Tony Duffy/Ml-Sport)