Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've been here. I've gotten better with my initial freestyle catch, but I'm really struggling to understand the pull and holding onto the water after the catch. Often my hand will slip outside as I rotate rather than holding onto that single spot of water and going straight back. One of the things I have noticed with good swimmers is the subtle changes of hand pitch as they go from catch to pull to that last push back. The pitch, in my eyes, doesn't seem to be straight back at all times, as I show in these photos of Scott Tucker. I know that sculling can help with this, but is there a visual that someone can suggest to help me transition from that high elbow catch to the pull and then push back? One coach told me once to think of squeezing a balloon in my armpits but I didn't quite understand that. Sometimes I think of pivoting to to a push back immediately after the catch but I don't think that is quite right because there is then no pull. Thanks fort any help. 834483458346
