After watching USA swimming presents with Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman and a couple of other tutorials with the former on the butterfly stroke, I came to conclusion, as Bob Bowman puts it, that 'minimalisation of resistance is more important than force' and 'it's extremely important to maintain horizontal body position.' Therefore I musn't keep my head too high, because that disturbs my swimming. Bu then I saw Chad Le Clos and I can't help noticing that he's keeping his head much higher than Phelps when breathing and his body motion seems much more vertical. In spite of that, Le Clos seems to swim so effortlessly and light, like he was hardly puting any energy into his stroke. Can someone explain it to me, please? Thanks in advance.
Theory vs Reality
What is said must be done vs what you are able to do.
I have been told I have no rotation on my backstroke. Which has not stopped me from placing in the top ten in some of my swim meets on backstroke.
It was especially nice when I was faster than a certain unnamed team captain, in a backstroke event, at a swim meet earlier this year. Hilarious.
That's when Reality blasts that Theory out of the water.
LeClos is young & fit.
Phelps has loose shoulders, he's very flexible, which lowers his internal resistance, his bodies resistance to movement. Resistance from opposing muscles.
"Effortless butterfly" is an oxymoron. Two opposite paradoxical words that don't really go together
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