My lazy right arm

So, I can have the nastiest/most horrible recovery on earth while slapping my hands on the water at the end of the recovery but when my hand enters the water the pull is excellent until it starts the recovery phase again. I can do this consistently 40 times per 50 meters and never ever have rotator cuff tendonitis, bursitis, or any anomaly with the shoulder whatsoever. Everybody's different. :) You might do everything picture perfect and wind up with terrible shoulder problems. You age, and things you could get away with 30 years ago might not work so well today. I took up masters swimming when I was 50. I hadn't swum in any sort of competition since I was 18 or 19, and then not at a very high level. I was fine for about five years. Then I began having trouble, just with my right shoulder (the side I breathe on - that is, the shoulder I shouldn't have trouble with). I've been more off than on w.r.t. swimming the past couple years. Then my wife began having shoulder problems as well and eventually needed surgery (done about a month ago). She's not a swimmer though. We concluded it must have been our crazy 90-pound lab and her propensity to go charging off after squirrels and rabbits while attached to us via a retractable leash. I'm sure my left arm's recovery is not as perfect as my right arm's. Still, I've never had a problem there. Skip

So, I can have the nastiest/most horrible recovery on earth while slapping my hands on the water at the end of the recovery but when my hand enters the water the pull is excellent until it starts the recovery phase again. I can do this consistently 40 times per 50 meters and never ever have rotator cuff tendonitis, bursitis, or any anomaly with the shoulder whatsoever. Everybody's different. :) You might do everything picture perfect and wind up with terrible shoulder problems. You age, and things you could get away with 30 years ago might not work so well today. I took up masters swimming when I was 50. I hadn't swum in any sort of competition since I was 18 or 19, and then not at a very high level. I was fine for about five years. Then I began having trouble, just with my right shoulder (the side I breathe on - that is, the shoulder I shouldn't have trouble with). I've been more off than on w.r.t. swimming the past couple years. Then my wife began having shoulder problems as well and eventually needed surgery (done about a month ago). She's not a swimmer though. We concluded it must have been our crazy 90-pound lab and her propensity to go charging off after squirrels and rabbits while attached to us via a retractable leash. I'm sure my left arm's recovery is not as perfect as my right arm's. Still, I've never had a problem there. Skip