He changed swimming FOREVER in less than 4 minutes!
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Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett on Tim Ferris' podcast discuss this. Well worth a listen for anyone interested.
2 important things to note:
As alluded to near the end of the video, this really only applies to middle-distance freestyle. In a sprint you're going to want a higher stroke rate. And someone with shorter arms might not necessarily get the same benefit.
Thorpey could get away with a lot of things purely because of who he was. Check out his streamline off the starts and turns. Hands don't come together, but that's just how he did it and what must have felt comfortable. His size 17 feet generated so much power in his kick he benefited from letting them do so much of the work. It wouldn't really be advisable for most others.
Still though, Thorpey's influence on the sport tends to get forgotten IMO. Probably just unfortunate timing, as Phelps came of age around the time Thorpe retired early, and the the super-suit controversy demanded so much attention.
Woah, thanks a lot for this info. Will definitely be practicing this!
Ian Thorpe, what a legend!
Thorpedo!! <3
His takedown of the US team in the 4x100 relay is one of my atf moments. Especially after Phelps broke the world record in his split and the Aussies came back from over 2 seconds behind.
Such a humble champ.
I'm not sure this is that accurate.
Ian Thorpe's "glide" isn't really a glide. With his big wingspan, the time for an underwater pull is much longer than the time for his arm to recover overwater, so to make up for that difference, he parks his hand at the front. What I mean by "not really a glide" is that his forward arm starts the catch immediately as his other arm leaves the water.
Contrast this to guys like Sun Yang, Park Tae Hwan, Romanchuk, Wellbrock who start their catch when their recovering arm is nearly at their shoulder.
I raced Thorpe back in 2003. My biggest swimming hero growing up. Think if he’d had phelps around he would have pushed some even better times.
This was super helpful - thanks.
Named my first Neopet after him that summer.