Shoulder-driven freestyle?

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So i came across this video from mike bottom 's three styles of freestyle swimming as well as Gary Hall Sr 's video of picking the right swimming technique - freestyle. I learned about this stroke called the shoulder-driven freestyle which is mainly for sprinters. Since i am training to be one, i am trying to focus on this shoulder-driven freestyle. My question is since its a shoulder-driven , the main emphasis is on the shoulder rotation , so does that mean our hips do not rotate, like we are almost kicking flat instead of sideways like hip-driven. And do we still maintain that high elbow pulling, and we do not reach out front and glide, but rather do a fast catch when our hand enters the water?
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