2013 USMS Nationals SCY & LCM

Glad I'm not the only one (and I appear to be in excellent company, though the reverse can't be said for knelson). Can someone explain what the concept is, how to develop it, and what it should feel like? I will try to get a video made of me doing it...or at least my attempt. Here is a drill to help get the feel. 1) Push off wall in Superman streamline position (neutral head, arms shoulder width apart). 2) Force the hips forward so your torso raises, and the navel moves from facing the bottom to an end point facing the wall. Try not use your arms to pull, just let the hand naturally stay where they are as your body moves. 3) Do 3 thrusts like this then swim BR to the wall. Try to keep that core moving the same way. Now if you get on with that when you swim think about anchoring the arms at the wide (subjective) part of the pull and bring your hips to the arms with the thrust outlined in drill above (think about holding the water like you would do in FR when you rotate and bring the recovery arm over). Hope it helps. I'm not saying this is the WHY of some breakthroughs but I think it was a definite part of it. I guess it's like any other stroke, the core is doing the labour, the limbs are the gearing for want of a better analogy.

Glad I'm not the only one (and I appear to be in excellent company, though the reverse can't be said for knelson). Can someone explain what the concept is, how to develop it, and what it should feel like? I will try to get a video made of me doing it...or at least my attempt. Here is a drill to help get the feel. 1) Push off wall in Superman streamline position (neutral head, arms shoulder width apart). 2) Force the hips forward so your torso raises, and the navel moves from facing the bottom to an end point facing the wall. Try not use your arms to pull, just let the hand naturally stay where they are as your body moves. 3) Do 3 thrusts like this then swim BR to the wall. Try to keep that core moving the same way. Now if you get on with that when you swim think about anchoring the arms at the wide (subjective) part of the pull and bring your hips to the arms with the thrust outlined in drill above (think about holding the water like you would do in FR when you rotate and bring the recovery arm over). Hope it helps. I'm not saying this is the WHY of some breakthroughs but I think it was a definite part of it. I guess it's like any other stroke, the core is doing the labour, the limbs are the gearing for want of a better analogy.