I saw the 10,000 meters at the 1988 Olympics. The winner was able to run with the heels and
did not appear to have problems with lesions.
This brought me memories about the winner of high jump with one leg. He can jump higher than the majority of mortals but he
does not have a leg and could be a lot better with two (I am assuming).
The
jumping capacity of this competitor would be good enough to be in the finals in
the female last Olympic competition.
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When we see examples like the one above running, we have doubts about the “validity”
of having a “standard technique.” To
hit the ball in any sport employing a racket, a bat, etc. Technique is “standard,”
but we do not want to see running or swimming to have “standards.” “Standards” regarding technique should be
considered in order to improve.
I spoke about technique in previous posts in this
blog. March 12, 2012. TRIATHLON PHYSIOLOGY FOR DUMMIES AND THE
TENDENCY TOWARD THE MEAN.
...Interestingly,
Paul Bergen, a former American and Canadian Olympic swimming head coach who we
invited to help us with our team, told me: “the Mexican female who has the
record for 800 meters cannot do a single chin up,” he was intrigued by it
because Inge de Bruijn trained doing chin ups when she was trained by
him. I wasn't surprised, because I knew that you need more speed than
force to move your arms rapidly. There are two main forces in swimming:
the propulsive and the resistance. They opposed each other. The
resistance should decrease and the propulsive should increase to improve your
length per stroke and speed. That is why we need technique so much when
swimming. Although, it is like cycling, the faster one goes the higher
the resistance; except that water is even worse compared to air regarding
resistance by friction. The more strokes one takes; the more resistance
one produces. That is why the best swimmer do not produce much propulsive force
and/or strokes. The resistance in cycling is done by air and the resistance
swimming is done mainly by increasing the number of strokes, due to the
viscosity and turbulence of the fluid when stroking. At the end, you have
to swim like Phelps, but with a higher rpm if you are not 6 feet 5 inches,
without losing your length-per-stroke. “Whites can jump,” it is a matter of
practice and intelligence. Watch Nate Robinson.
I will mention something that Gregory Bateson said the last century before he died:
Gregory Bateson ''Science, like
art, religion, commerce, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.’’... ''I
have encountered a very strange gap in their thinking-- (referring to American
Students from college freshmen to psychiatric residents, among humanists as
well as scientists) that springs from a lack of certain tools of thoughts.
Specifically is the lack of knowledge of the presuppositions not only of
science but also everyday life.'' (Mind and Nature, 25).
WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE
OBJECTIVE IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EASY, CONSIDERING THE ECONOMY OF THE
MOVEMENT. WE NEED TO BE ARTIST PRACTICING THE MOVEMENT.
The technique and cadence of Sebastian Coe is the “standard,”
impressive. Look in slow motion. No sinking, hips in front, barely
touching the ground, high cadence, legs in front of his center of gravity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KupBT6XdC2c
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