27.5 for a 50 Brick kick. With an open turn. With The Brick. Not much can slow Zane Grothe down, apparently not even a 6lb weighted kickboard. He’s known for strong finishes with a monster kick but maybe he has his sights set on a freestyle sweep in 2020? If anyone can pull it off, it’s Zane. The guy has as much drive and determination as anyone in swimming.
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Freestyle sweep not a chance in hell, even an Olympic silver is pushing it. No chance he beats sun yang in anything less than 800.
I like how Looze lets fans see some of what goes on at his practices. Hardly any other coaches do.
Someone get Cameron Craig to do a 50 kick with a brick. He went a 24 with a normal board, so I’d imagine he could at least go 27 with a brick. Not to use that to put down Grothe, though. Craig is more of a sprinter. Distance swimmers who can kick like that are rare and wonderful. Sun Yang at the end of his mile comes to mind.
Ever since that 4:07 500, I’ve thought Grothe has something good coming down the line in his 200 LCM free, and this does nothing but reinforce that belief. Should be a good summer.
Year of the Dog or Year of the Grothe?
DQ!! Took a cheat stroke at the finish! Can’t tell if he did at the turn. Still impressive tho!
Indiana does that for all their kick stuff – I’ve seen Cody doing it in his video logs. Imagine he didn’t take the stroke, he would still be at like 28.0 which is still incredibly impressive.
I guess the 500 is a sprint
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27.5 is fast, like under a minute in a 100… KICKING. With a weighted kick board. Distance swimmers aren’t usually the stars of kick sets. I am impressed.
Anyone else catch that video of Dean Farris kicking a 26.5 50 of breastroke kick with an 8lb brick? It was a couple of years back, I’m sure he’s in the low 20’s by now considering his drops in college.
Sometimes I wonder if he sees these comments
Hmmm…..
There’s nothing Dean Farris doesn’t see.
Except if you put a sock on the doorknob. Then he’ll respect your privacy.
That is, if he doesn’t eat it.