I've written about this a lot in Swim Faster Faster plus I'm sure folks have talked a lot about this in The Breastroke Lane
when swimming breastroke, just before you finish each kick, & a few moments after, you want your:
+ Upper body to be streamlined &
+ Head to be neutral looking down out the bottom
This concept is called RIDE THE GLIDE.
If you do it right & you'll increase your DPS & decrease your SPL
watch & copy Kitajima underwater
Notice how fast and powerful his pull & kick are,
Notice his timing,
Notice his glide & head position.
Watch a frog swim, he's actions and timing are:
streamline, kick, glide
REPEAT
Yeah, Kitajima is great but I never saw him swimming 50m ***. IMO his technique is not for this event.
I've written about this a lot in Swim Faster Faster plus I'm sure folks have talked a lot about this in The Breastroke Lane
when swimming breastroke, just before you finish each kick, & a few moments after, you want your:
+ Upper body to be streamlined &
+ Head to be neutral looking down out the bottom
This concept is called RIDE THE GLIDE.
If you do it right & you'll increase your DPS & decrease your SPL
watch & copy Kitajima underwater
Notice how fast and powerful his pull & kick are,
Notice his timing,
Notice his glide & head position.
Watch a frog swim, he's actions and timing are:
streamline, kick, glide
REPEAT
Yeah, Kitajima is great but I never saw him swimming 50m ***. IMO his technique is not for this event.
