They Changed The Rules To Make Him Slower

When I was 14 my swim coached showed and analyzed the Lochte rule to the team. It made me approach the sport in a whole new waying knowing that there were still techniques to be discovered. Making me fall in love with the sport and opened my door to swim in college. Shoutout Lochte and my Coach. Also I got DQed for this in a 200 fr once which was swiftly overturned after opening the rule book for the official.

Freestyle should have no limits. Let swimmers be themselves and find their own fastest way to bounce between walls.

Freestyle should've been an innovative type of competition that favors the fastest swimming methods, no matter what they are. Forcing rules like only being able to swim one type of stroke is completely nonsensical - might as well change the name of the competition from "Freestyle" to "Front Crawl"

I hate it when governing bodies rule out innovation in their sport. Why allow for the wearing of swimming googles? Why allow for the wearing of swim caps? Why start races on raised blocks? Why allow tumble turns to be used?

So you can do it in a freestyle event but you can’t do it on an IM event? Am I understanding correctly?

Just let the swimmer do what ever they want in freestyle

Creating or adjusting a rule to limit an athlete who has dedicated his life to a sport and discovered a technique or style that gives him an advantage is outrageous. It not only takes away the advantage he has developed through his knowledge of the sport and the science behind it, but also discourages young athletes from pushing boundaries to make the sport more competitive. This does not diminish the impressiveness of previous records or turn the swimming community into rebels seeking an easier way. The advantage of Lochte's flipper kicks was based purely on science and experience. Punishing him, and others like him, harms the sport. I have always seen Lochte as a great athlete. His greatest blessing and curse was competing with Phelps throughout almost their entire swimming careers. Yes, he may not excel at giving interviews, and the necessity and point of his reality show are questionable, but still... He shouldn't be judged by these. He is a legend in the eyes of many swimmers and swimming enthusiasts. Phelps was chosen as the golden boy by the mainstream media, who then needed to create a less favourite child to constantly compare him with. They are both legends of the sport. They were both pushed to the brink... Phelps contained his anxiety until his retirement, while Lochte tried to gain the popularity and attention he deserved through very unnecessary acts. Neither of them needed the extra stress imposed by popular or mainstream media. I always remember their era in the sport as the pinnacle of competitive swimming, but also as an unnecessarily painful and brutal one, thanks to the clowns of popular culture.

I'm new in swimming world! Thank your for your videos I'm learning a lot ❤

i read it as "They Changed The Rules To Make Him Shower" 😭

My daughter, May Li, did this back dolphin kick on her freestyle since 2013 in Canada racing and showed this technique at 2015-2016 USA season and NCAA D3 final.

well done, good analysis

My second favorite race was Lochte's 200IM - all time favorite will always be LEZAK! what a legend

What a fascinating story! Reveals the mindset of competitions!

I heard it is because of the fortex is affected differently by gravity upside down and the down kick is usually generating more propulsion than the upkick, wich makes being upside down dolfin kicking make better use of the fortex

Amazing analysis as always.

I seem to remember that the Lotche rule came about because of his butterfly. Still no matter. The supposed reasoning behind it was that he had some mechanical advantage when using the dolphin kick on his back. I have never heard any reason that made any sense, as to how there was a mechanical advantage....

Freestyle is free style imo

innovative should be rewarded imo. if its faster then props for the creativity and work

I just saw a video of yours in Spanish on FB, came to YouTube to check another swimming clip and ran into yours in English! Pretty cool storytelling.

WOW, LOCHTE HAS GREAT UNDERWATER BACKKICKS AND NICE EXPLANATION.