How to maintain high elbow (pull) with serious rotation?
Former Member
From what I learn (also from this forum):
1. Keep your elbow high when pulling
2. Rotate from hips to shoulders
These two principles seem to conflict. As the rotating shoulder tends to rotate down to poolbottom, the elbow on the same side should be just under the watersurface, causing a strange angle then.
What do I see wrong?
Parents
Former Member
One drill that seems like it would really benefit you would be the catch up stroke. You only would have to focus on one arm at a time, making it easier to focus on the high elbow. Also, rotating is pretty easy from this position, so that is nice too. If you want to read more about how the catch up drill could benefit you, check out this post that I wrote about it a while ago: vimier.hubpages.com/.../Swimming-Freestyle-Swimming-Drills-Catch-Up
One drill that seems like it would really benefit you would be the catch up stroke. You only would have to focus on one arm at a time, making it easier to focus on the high elbow. Also, rotating is pretty easy from this position, so that is nice too. If you want to read more about how the catch up drill could benefit you, check out this post that I wrote about it a while ago: vimier.hubpages.com/.../Swimming-Freestyle-Swimming-Drills-Catch-Up
