My latest swimming vid, advice

did the coach draw that picture? Or is that your interpretation? Because that just looks wrong on so many levels. "He essentially wants me to press deep into the water and pull with my forearm horizontal while tying to touch my opposite hip." The first two pieces - press the water, pull with the forearm, I've heard tons. As for the hip, what I get out of that is that he wants you to rotate more throughout your stroke so that when you finish you aren't as flat in the water (ie. it's not about bringing your hand to your opposite hip (crossing over the middle line), but bringing your opposite hip to your hand). When I watched your video, you did seem flat. Maybe that's what he's getting at? Because when you finish the stroke on the left, you should already be stretching out on your right, which mean that your left hand and your right hip are both underwater and near each other. Whether that's better than what you are doing - I'm a big believer in people doing what works for them. Some people find swimming flat faster and easier on the shoulders, some people don't.

did the coach draw that picture? Or is that your interpretation? Because that just looks wrong on so many levels. "He essentially wants me to press deep into the water and pull with my forearm horizontal while tying to touch my opposite hip." The first two pieces - press the water, pull with the forearm, I've heard tons. As for the hip, what I get out of that is that he wants you to rotate more throughout your stroke so that when you finish you aren't as flat in the water (ie. it's not about bringing your hand to your opposite hip (crossing over the middle line), but bringing your opposite hip to your hand). When I watched your video, you did seem flat. Maybe that's what he's getting at? Because when you finish the stroke on the left, you should already be stretching out on your right, which mean that your left hand and your right hip are both underwater and near each other. Whether that's better than what you are doing - I'm a big believer in people doing what works for them. Some people find swimming flat faster and easier on the shoulders, some people don't.