I posted a question -"Can you still be a real swimmer if you can't swim freestyle?" (crawl). This was taped a year ago. Since then, I've straightened head position so that I am looking down at the bottom of the pool. My kick is still awful, despite being an ex runner for 30 years. I do plenty of kickboard and no kickboard drills to improve my kick, with little results. I think my underwater pull is better, although I still sometimes drop my elbows. I'm so confused--I've done all the TI drills, and others given by swim team swimmers, and have watched countless videos. This stroke eludes me and it makes me crazy.
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Thanks for your input!:bow:
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Fresnoid, sorry to ask this but, can you explain this in more detail:
Rotate your torso more.
Do I rotate the entire side or just my torso, so that my arms and legs are straight, and only the core rotates?
Way more power if your body is much closer to perpendicular during the front half of a stroke, with the stroking arm down.
I'm not sure what this means. Do you mean that when my stroking arm has entered the water? And what position should my body be in? : )
Fresnoid, sorry to ask this but, can you explain this in more detail:
Rotate your torso more.
Do I rotate the entire side or just my torso, so that my arms and legs are straight, and only the core rotates?
Way more power if your body is much closer to perpendicular during the front half of a stroke, with the stroking arm down.
I'm not sure what this means. Do you mean that when my stroking arm has entered the water? And what position should my body be in? : )
