Hello, it's been a while since I've been here. Hoping someone can help me with something conceptually. I feel like I've got a decent catch position but I struggle a bit with the pull. I'm trying to understand whether it should feel like I'm pulling water or pushing water back once I get past the catch and start rotating. The difference between the two for me can be as subtle as a the pitch of my hand or how far forward my elbow is. I'm hoping someone can kind of explain to me what it should fee like. I often see video of a sudden scull right after the catch in elite swimmers, and I'm guessing it has to do with some shift between pulling and pushing. For example, when I look at the freeze frames before, it's obvious that in the 3rd photo she is pushing back and in the first photo she is anchoring. Is she pushing backward in the 2nd photo?
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Her hand looks like it no longer points down because if it was, with shoulder rotation it would be pulling way out to her left. Interesting how upper arm is still the same radial angle. One thing certain is this athlete has exceptional flexibility. Regarding a trick, I don't know, I'm in same boat here but maybe the hand should follow the "I" relative to position in water (not to body). The book, Swimming Fastest go over this exhaustively in detail, showing illustrated hand/forearm paths of Olympic swims relative to body, and place in water.
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Her hand looks like it no longer points down because if it was, with shoulder rotation it would be pulling way out to her left. Interesting how upper arm is still the same radial angle. One thing certain is this athlete has exceptional flexibility. Regarding a trick, I don't know, I'm in same boat here but maybe the hand should follow the "I" relative to position in water (not to body). The book, Swimming Fastest go over this exhaustively in detail, showing illustrated hand/forearm paths of Olympic swims relative to body, and place in water.
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