I have a lazy right arm. I drop my elbow during recovery and I can't seem to fix it.
What can I do or think when I swim to make it better.
I also breathe to one side..the left..could this be the problem?
Any tips?
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So I guess your point is that a poor recovery can lead to shoulder injuries? If so, please provide evidence. You may be right, but I suspect most shoulder injuries are caused by impingement during the actual pull and not the recovery.
No, not necessarily.
I really think Janet might be the poster child for why the recovery is overrated. I can't imagine a coach telling swimmers to try to copy her stroke for all the reasons you mentioned, but the fact remains that it DOES work for her and she HAS avoided injury. The most plausible explanation to me is that her stroke is efficient and does not stress her shoulders.
My point is how the recovery is used at the end of it. I mean when/how the hand enters the water to start the underwater pull process. Your right about the pull through process but that process starts when the hand enters the water. The crossover hand entry at the end of the recovery is what I am talking about. It doesn't matter how the recovery works, the start of the pull through has to start correctly or you will get a shoulder impingement or some other injury.
The conclusion is that its both the recovery (the end of it) and underwater pull through that results in injury if done wrong. So, if Janet Evans has her hands enter properly at the end of her windmill recovery then there is no issue. But that is her personal choice but if others mimic it then they need video analysis in order to ensure the hand entry is initiating the pull through correctly.
So I guess your point is that a poor recovery can lead to shoulder injuries? If so, please provide evidence. You may be right, but I suspect most shoulder injuries are caused by impingement during the actual pull and not the recovery.
No, not necessarily.
I really think Janet might be the poster child for why the recovery is overrated. I can't imagine a coach telling swimmers to try to copy her stroke for all the reasons you mentioned, but the fact remains that it DOES work for her and she HAS avoided injury. The most plausible explanation to me is that her stroke is efficient and does not stress her shoulders.
My point is how the recovery is used at the end of it. I mean when/how the hand enters the water to start the underwater pull process. Your right about the pull through process but that process starts when the hand enters the water. The crossover hand entry at the end of the recovery is what I am talking about. It doesn't matter how the recovery works, the start of the pull through has to start correctly or you will get a shoulder impingement or some other injury.
The conclusion is that its both the recovery (the end of it) and underwater pull through that results in injury if done wrong. So, if Janet Evans has her hands enter properly at the end of her windmill recovery then there is no issue. But that is her personal choice but if others mimic it then they need video analysis in order to ensure the hand entry is initiating the pull through correctly.
