When the whole family is good at swimming
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Anonymous
Phelps was a star lax player before he gave it up to focus on swimming. The idea that he’s not a great athlete outside swimming is insane. |
Anonymous
| The strong swimmers are year round swimmers but it's also partly genetics. My child is a year round swimmer but on the slower side. They didn't get the genetics but enjoy it so we support it for exercise. They swim 4-5 days a week, 6 during the summer (sometimes twice a day). it's a huge time and money commitment. |
Anonymous
I agree with you. There are plenty of athletes who are very talented all around athletically. My kids have never been bad at a sport, including all ball sports and running. Their size and shape and body awareness helped them be very good soccer goalies and basketball players. They are probably best at swimming because they love it and chose it over the others eventually and work really hard 6d per week. I am pretty sure Phelps is a good golfer. Look at all the athletes who do charity golf stuff and are pretty good. |
Anonymous
Lax is not a sport where the good athletes flock to |
Anonymous
Yes, the guy who won 28 Olympic medals is actually a terrible athlete. Let’s go with that. |
Anonymous
It is now, and it was in Baltimore when Phelps was growing up. The most athletic boys at DDs high school are the lax and soccer players |
Anonymous
28? |
Anonymous
Yep. |
Anonymous
Maybe in your DDs prep school but not in the real world dear |
Anonymous
you should follow his IG then. |
Anonymous
And I’m sure there are baseball players and track and field athletes that wouldn’t be able to make it through a 25 yard Fly 🙄 Are you really trying to argue that one of the most decorated Olympians in history is not a good athlete? Come on. You can stop being bitter that your little Larlo is a good soccer player but can’t make A meets. |
Anonymous
True, Tim Duncan's sister was a pretty good swimmer at Swarthmore. USVI didn't have the type of year-round sports period. Both Duncans had the athleticism to do whatever they wanted at a college level. |
Anonymous
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Dressel is only a generous 6-3 and it says nothing about lateral movement or speed in the article. He picked the right sport even if he is pretty coordinated.
Who wouldn't love to see LeBron swim a 50 free after a year of training? |
Anonymous
| I think we're being a little rough on the truly high-end swimmers though. My spouse swam primarily sprint freestyle in college and now regularly places in the 5ks and 10ks she does (and has won a few). She also played soccer in high school and can throw a football well. I agree with the general comment that the best athletes are rarely swimming or rowing or playing lax (outside of Strong Island) but when they do, they are very successful. Like many great runners, some swimmers really lack the coordination and lateral quickness required for many other sports. |
Anonymous
Phelps was swimming in the Olympics at 15. That was very very very unusual for a male swimmer. He got 5th in 200 fly, which is just bonkers out of this world crazy. But what is even cuckoo for cocopuffs crazier is that a few months later, he broke the world record for the 200 fly. He was still 15 years old. Athletic phenom doesn’t even begin to describe him |