Hey Tribe!  I get updates on this one web page and this is a pretty interesting drill if not an interesting possible variation on freestyle.  I actually think I’ve been accidentally doing this a bit.  If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you may have seen a bit of this actually being done.  Check the drill and discussion out at this page:

http://www.goswim.tv/entries/5398/freestyle—loper-drill.html

I might actually see about doing this for longer distances.  Let you know how that turns out.

Dave