Should the fastest swimmer swim 1st to get lead, or swim 4th as anchor to have a fast finish?
2007-04-02 04:11:15 · 11 answers · asked by Leslie L 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
that all depends on your coaches strategy but usually the anchor(4th) is the fastest and the 1st person is the second fastest, but maybe the fastest person might be bad at relay starts but abnormally better at normal starts(me) they might put that person 1st just to save a few hundredths of a second
2007-04-04 09:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory of fastest swimmer last, second fastest first is usually the basis for the relay from the begining.
However, most coaches will play with the order during practices and meets to see if they can gain any speed anywhere. I have some swimmers who thrive on competition and do better swimming 3rd or anchor than 2nd because they feel more compelled to hold or gain the lead.
It also depends who we are swimming. Alot of our competitors have certain weaknesses and I will put relays in the order I know will most effectively balance their weaknesses to our strengths. Some relays give up when they see a strong start and others underestimate your power if you start out slow.
Hope this helps!!!
2007-04-02 12:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Kristy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is supposed to be
2nd or fastest first
3rd fastest second
slowest second
and 2nd or fastest last
but you dont have to do it that way that is just the way they usually do it in the olympics.
you want to have a good lead out but not lose it at the end so the fastest would be the best at the end because if you are behind by just a little they can pull through but it really doesnt matter between lead off and anchor. if it is the fastest or the second fastest
2007-04-02 17:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by ced 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many theories about what order the people should be in but it really doesn't matter. If someone has a clearly superior relay start or flat start than the others than that person should either go first/not. Also, if someone is a very good swimmer from behind they should probably be slotted last. Besides that though, if everyone swims the best they can it really doesn't make a difference.
2007-04-02 11:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by cowsvils 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always want to have the lead and make the other teams catch me. It also cuts down on confusion at exchanges. So I want me fastest person first. It really depends on how equal all of the team members are. Some people swim better on different legs. If you have a strong mentally swimmer then they can catch up without being psyched out.
2007-04-02 12:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what your coach thinks. I would place my fastest swimmer last, and the second fastest first.
2007-04-02 11:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by GTOWN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on your coach's strategy. usually though, you place the fastest swimmer (your anchor swimmer) last and the second-fastest swimmer first.
2007-04-02 11:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by paengc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the coach will decide on that issue. for example i am the slowest in our relay team but we won the gold and the other team is that their fastest was assigned to be the first jumper an they just won silver and we took gold. so it's up to the coach...
2007-04-03 10:21:09 · answer #8 · answered by Maxine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always go fastest to slowest. It is easier to stay ahead than to catch up due to waves created by the teams up front.
2007-04-02 21:17:31 · answer #9 · answered by Joshua K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fastest swimmer goes last, 2ned fastest goes first, slowest goes 2nd and 3rd fastest goes 3rd
2007-04-02 20:12:31 · answer #10 · answered by h2opolochick21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋