Excited to read a book that is not about swimming!

[jross]

[jchapman]

The '31 team was stacked.

[Fadzaev2]

4 hours ago, jross said:

Wow....Mike Chapman....interesting

[ionel]

4 hours ago, jross said:

My favorite t-shirt was the Fred Fozzard camp shirt.  Don't know what happened to it, probably wore out.  

[Fadzaev2]

Believe it or not, I have a swimming book in my coaching library.....Deep Water/Don Schollander....hasn't been opened since I read it many year ago.

 

Edited yesterday at 01:19 AM by Fadzaev2

[Wrestleknownothing]

5 hours ago, jross said:

@Iwrite

[ionel]

9 minutes ago, Fadzaev2 said:

Believe it or not, I have a swimming book in my coaching library.....Deep Water/Don Schollander....hasn't been opened since I read it many year ago.

 

Did it say anything about pinfalls? 

[MPhillips]

6 minutes ago, ionel said:

Did it say anything about pinfalls? 

finfalls...

[PortaJohn]

9 hours ago, ionel said:

Did it say anything about pinfalls? 

What was WKN's best swimming style?  Free, Folk, Cheststroke, the Fire Fly, or the Rearstroke.  Always wonder how fast he was off the podium and if he ever medaled and got to stand on the block.

[ionel]

2 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

What was WKN's best swimming style?  Free, Folk, Cheststroke, the Fire Fly, or the Rearstroke.  Always wonder how fast he was off the podium and if he ever medaled and got to stand on the block.

I think you and MP are on to something and if you plug the terms finfall, firefly, knownothing, datadump and swimswam into an AI algorithm think youll find a nice tune about it.   

[Wrestleknownothing]

2 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

What was WKN's best swimming style?  Free, Folk, Cheststroke, the Fire Fly, or the Rearstroke.  Always wonder how fast he was off the podium and if he ever medaled and got to stand on the block.

It was the best of days. It was the worst of days. I was 10. I was stuck. I just could not break 1:00.0 in the 100 yard freestyle. It was summer so we were swimming long course where the equivalent is 1:08. My coach got an idea. Instead of my normal warm up of 500 - 1,000 meters he wanted me to swim non-stop for the entire hour warm up session. And I was just dumb enough to do it.

I swam a 1:06 that day. I was elated until my coach burst that bubble telling me he had just discovered I was a distance swimmer. Dammit. What followed was a series of late Sunday sessions when everyone else had gone home, but I was stuck waiting for the last event, the 1,500 free. Some meets the officials didn't even stick around. They just left the keys on the blocks with a note saying to lock up when I was finished.

Many miles, and few accolades later, my shoulders are killing me and my flexibility is shot. But at least I can bring a bit of culture into an uncultured world.

[jross]

Give me frog stroke or death since the Egyptians first illustrated it on their walls.  What is the breaststroke?

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, jross said:

Give me frog stroke or death since the Egyptians first illustrated it on their walls.  What is the breaststroke?

@Voice of the Quakers nailed it. Swim slowly as fast as you can.

It is the diving of swimming.

[Fadzaev2]

13 hours ago, ionel said:

Did it say anything about pinfalls? 

"Not a once"  No reference at all.

Edited yesterday at 03:00 PM by Fadzaev2

[PortaJohn]

3 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

It was the best of days. It was the worst of days. I was 10. I was stuck. I just could not break 1:00.0 in the 100 yard freestyle. It was summer so we were swimming long course where the equivalent is 1:08. My coach got an idea. Instead of my normal warm up of 500 - 1,000 meters he wanted me to swim non-stop for the entire hour warm up session. And I was just dumb enough to do it.

I swam a 1:06 that day. I was elated until my coach burst that bubble telling me he had just discovered I was a distance swimmer. Dammit. What followed was a series of late Sunday sessions when everyone else had gone home, but I was stuck waiting for the last event, the 1,500 free. Some meets the officials didn't even stick around. They just left the keys on the blocks with a note saying to lock up when I was finished.

Many miles, and few accolades later, my shoulders are killing me and my flexibility is shot. But at least I can bring a bit of culture into an uncultured world.

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, PortaJohn said:

 

Maestro. You are a very talented man. Captured beautifully. Though my wife was a little freaked out. 

[Fadzaev2]

1 hour ago, PortaJohn said:

Wow....not sure what genre, but man, this could go to #1 on the Billboard Charts!!!  We need a wrestling one comparable to this.

[ionel]

5 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

 

You out did yourself there pj!  Sure MP and I wished you had dropped a finfall in there somewhere but really outstanding.  We should have a music thread pinned to the top with all these tunes dropped in.  Maybe @nhs67 can wake up @BobDole and make it happen.    

[BruceyB]

6 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

 

This has to be my favorite of yours that I've heard. I might put this on my training playlist. When I think I'm at my limit, I'll just remember little WKN doing those extra laps at the local pool after his teammates have all gone home.. and I will push on.

Cuz I'm a distance swimmer nowwww!

Edited 19 hours ago by BruceyB

[D3 for LU]

Well... since we're in the pool:

Whatabout the TRIPLE LINDY?!?

D3

Edited 2 hours ago by D3 for LU

[D3 for LU]

 

Yes

D3

[Wrestleknownothing]

11 minutes ago, D3 for LU said:

Well... since we're in the pool:

Whatabout the TRIPLE LINDY?!?

D3

As a swimmer I was trained to hate divers...

But God help me, I love the Triple Lindy. 

[ionel]

8 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

As a swimmer I was trained to hate divers...

But God help me, I love the Triple Lindy. 

How do you feel about synchronized diving?