Thursday, March 31, 2011

Distance Per Stroke and Related Pursuits

 How important is it to decrease your stroke count?

By Gary Hall Sr.
The Race Club
There is much confusion surrounding the terms DPS (distance per stroke), SPL (Strokes per length or stroke count) and Stroke Rate (number of arm strokes taken per minute) and their relative importance. In particular, there are many coaches today that emphasize one or more of these as being very desirable, when they may not always be.
None of them necessarily have anything to do with efficiency or speed.

For the entire article: Distance Per Stroke and Related Pursuits

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