Thursday, April 05, 2007

A side-by-side comparison and critique of Ian Thorpe's and Grant Hackett's freestyle

This site has numerous frame-by-frame images of both Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe swimming side-by-side. Captions next to each photo critique the freestyle stroke.

What I found interesting is that Thorpe; or Thorpie if you are Australian, rotates less than Hackett. Thorpe also seems to use his shoulders more. The site is in both Swiss/German and English [Link]

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