Michael Phelps and Chris Tompson freestyle stroke

Michael Phelps and Chris Tompson freestyle stroke

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• Michael
• Phelps
• Chris
• Tompson
• freestyle
• stroke

[greethostyn]

every swimmer immidiately recognises Phelps as the one with the cap (and the one without the bubbles!)

[A7XJMK]

every on looks like crap compared to michael phelps lol

[ilike2eatt]

@Cvoong what michael phelps is doing is very common among american freestyle swimmers. it's called loping. so sinking a bit during that phase of the freestyle is correct if loping is what the swimmer is going for.

[Cvoong]

Michael phelps seems to be falling in a bit too deep when he takes a breathe, like how most swimmers tend to do so, as What Chris Tompson was doing was actually more effective. But since Phelps have very long arms he can pull water than the guy below.

[dafas1992]

hey dude, doesn't mean you swim the same pool as michael phelps you can be as good as him

[3rogi]

if you watch him underwater in the olympics his technique looks litte/nothing like this. He is exaggerating bad technique on purpose!

[scottybike]

I looked at the video again and if that is really an Olympic swimmer he was intentionally swimming wrong to make a point for a training video. I mean, he is doing everything wrong in the book....dropped elbow, now rolling, flat hand/arm entry, unstable head position. It has to be staged. No on with such a crappy stroke makes the Olympics let alone a College team like UM.

[scottybike]

I can't believe Thompson's poor stroke, if indeed that is even him. Man it hurt to watch it. I cringed every time he slapped his arm in the water. I have never seen an Olympic swimmer flail so much in the water as the guy in this video, if it was indeed a former Olympic swimmer.

Stroke technique has not changed radically in the last 10 years in my opinion. Maybe he was only fast because he had a great cardiovascular system and not because he had great technique.

[majidenetai]

@timothyjesus

浮力buoyancy　フェルプスPhelps　トンプソンTompson

[jasonth1971]

im so much better than him.