How to Do a Perfect Swim Start | Olympics Giveaway

[@sawtoothswimmer]

Men’s 400 IM 1. Leon Marchand 2. Carson Foster 3. Chase Kalisz

[@ericwong3142]

Men's 200 Fly 1. Marchand 2. Milak 3. Honda

[@samssok]

I’ll be racing you this Saturday in the 50 br, hopefully we both get best times!

[@FikeSwim]

Awesome, see you there!

[@EndertBrothers]

800 free Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA) Silver: Ariarne Titmus (AUS) Bronze: Lani Pallister (AUS) Leon Marchand, 400 IM, 3:59.18 Let's go!

[@FikeSwim]

wooooo, sub 4:00! 🙌

[@BaruthRyn]

Great video. Some additional points to think about for the starting technique: 1. while it is great to use all four limbs to generate force, dont hook your fingers and toes too firmly on the block. And frankly I dont know if pushing too hard on the back foot is a good idea cuz it might loose you some speed in the horizontal direction and alter the angle. 2. when shooting off the block, be mindful dont lift the chin too much and make sure to life your hip in the air. 3. build tension on the block is exactly right, and additionally you also need to engage your core -- I personally prefer to straighten the back and stabilize the hip, in order to have a rapid streamlined and squared entry. 4. for the entry -- straighten your legs, close your feet.

[@FikeSwim]

Thanks for adding those. The first one is interesting. You see the whole spectrum even among pros. Manaudou seems to barely touch the block, let alone pull on it and yet he gets off strong and fast. I probably should have mentioned the entry. Oh well, another episode.

[@BaruthRyn]

@@FikeSwim Yeah it's interesting, hope there will be a research out there to quantify that. But in the case of Manaudou, i think it has things to do with his size and weight; people who are bigger in size generally have a natural advantage off the block compared to the smaller sized competitors.

[@CT-0426]

100 Back 1st Ryan Murphy 2nd Thomas Ceccon 3rd Hunter Armstrong

[@ethanchase1692]

Women's 400m Freestyle: 1. Ariarne Titmus 2. Summer McIntosh 3. Kaite Ledecky Men's 50 Free- 21.21 Caleb Dressel

[@ethanchase1692]

Got it!

[@FikeSwim]

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[@ericwong3142]

Sjostrom 50 free = 23.59

[@CT-0426]

Less go another cameo 9:09 (In background)

[@FikeSwim]

lol 👍

[@audyalioo9904]

50 free 1-macevoy (idk if I spelled that right) 2-caeleb dressel 3- manaudou Macevoy will go 21.01

[@_R_R_R]

I think its mcevoy

[@kronos2750]

50 free 1: cam macevoy 2 : caeleb dressel 3 : Ben

[@MichaelDoyle-o5b]

400 Freestyle Relay Women Gold Australia Silver US Bronze China

[@FikeSwim]

First relay prediction!

[@FikeSwim]

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100 back Ceccon Murphy Xu Ceccon new WR 51.56

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Women 1500m free 1. Katie Ledecky 2.Simona quadarella 3. Katie grimes

[@helenwang6940]

We don’t use blocks at Master’s practice. Suggestions. I compete.

[@FikeSwim]

That's ok. One of the ways I have swimmers practice is from the side of the pool, because it's harder to get going quickly without an angled surfaced and wedge, so you have to work even harder to be as fast as you would off the block. And because you're closer to the surface, your arms have to move faster to get from the side of your body to in front of you. It would be nice to have blocks but this kind of work is good.

[@loganedge5889]

Hot take: Leon Marchand will win 4 gold medals and 4 new world record.

[@FikeSwim]

Definitely could, but that 2br 2fl double might be a problem

[@penguin22]

no 200 fly wr

[@FikeSwim]

@@penguin22 yeah, gotta drop two seconds, gonna be tough