Good tidings, everyone!
As you can all see, I am incredibly new to this site. I joined due to a simple question I had. Now, I am a sophomore in high who just learned how to swim last year. My 50 free time went from 1:09 to 28.5 within the course of six months. Now, I desire to go even faster.r I was told last year to swim with my head down, with my eyes looking towards the floor of the pool. Now, I have a new coach, and he is telling me to lift up my head. I am incredibly confused, especially since I swim about the same regardless of which position my head is in. If I could get some advice, that would be fantastic.
Thanks so much!
I think you should ask your coach for more clarification on what he means when he tells you to lift your head, and to what extent he wants you to make this change. Is he trying to get your overall body position higher, or is he literally telling you to lift your head higher than the rest of your body?
Head position still raises quite a debate in the swimming world, especially since there are many world class swimmers who use the head-forward position to great success.I don't think there is one unequivocal answer to give to all swimmers because it really depends on what type of swimming you are doing. In a pool, you have the black line at the bottom to guide you. But in the open water, you don't have that guide, so you need to have the ability to look forward to be able to see where you are going. The ideal, regardless of the particular swim, is to maintain a horizontal body line in the water. Some coaches suggest the head-down approach as an easy way to generate that horizontal position and this may have been the case for you when you first started swimming.
I think you should ask your coach for more clarification on what he means when he tells you to lift your head, and to what extent he wants you to make this change. Is he trying to get your overall body position higher, or is he literally telling you to lift your head higher than the rest of your body?
Head position still raises quite a debate in the swimming world, especially since there are many world class swimmers who use the head-forward position to great success.I don't think there is one unequivocal answer to give to all swimmers because it really depends on what type of swimming you are doing. In a pool, you have the black line at the bottom to guide you. But in the open water, you don't have that guide, so you need to have the ability to look forward to be able to see where you are going. The ideal, regardless of the particular swim, is to maintain a horizontal body line in the water. Some coaches suggest the head-down approach as an easy way to generate that horizontal position and this may have been the case for you when you first started swimming.
