Wow, my freestyle stroke technique has fallen apart! :afraid: I didn't realize it had gotten this bad since returning from hip surgery.:blush: Videos shot from on deck don't reveal what this video shot from above shows. Underwater clips don't reveal my flaws as much as this video shows either.
What I see in this video is that the arm on my breathing side (whether I breathe to the left or right) is going wide on recovery and entering wide. Even though I aim to straddle the line on the bottom of the pool and trace the edge with my thumb (right thumb on right edge, left thumb on left edge), I'm not doing what I think I'm doing. My arm is going wide, especially when I breathe right on the second 25. It is going so wide that I end up at the right edge of the lane by the time I hit the wall! (Perhaps my fears of crossing over has caused me to enter too wide...)
When I do the one-arm drill each day as part of my warm-up, it feels like everything is going correctly. Evidently, when I put the stroke together, it's not.
Which drills would you recommend for this? I looked through Cokie's "There's a Drill For That!" for some ideas; however, I couldn't figure out which drill would be best.
Any ideas? THANKS!
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Elaine, Your shoulders look like they're really tight and causing a lack of extension in your front quadrant.
I had some Go Pro taping done this summer and get daily drills from Glen Mills. One piece of advice he gave me was to find a bar to hang from in full extension every day and just do it. I try to do a minute of hanging in a straight body position 3 times a day.
I'm feeling better extension in all my strokes and I believe this is helping my rotation a little bit.
Simply establish a forward grip on the bar. I have my hands about 5" apart. Step off the stool and hang. Be sure your bar is sturdy. My first one was plastic and I broke the brackets on the second day. I'm a hefty girl.
Elaine, Your shoulders look like they're really tight and causing a lack of extension in your front quadrant.
I had some Go Pro taping done this summer and get daily drills from Glen Mills. One piece of advice he gave me was to find a bar to hang from in full extension every day and just do it. I try to do a minute of hanging in a straight body position 3 times a day.
I'm feeling better extension in all my strokes and I believe this is helping my rotation a little bit.
Simply establish a forward grip on the bar. I have my hands about 5" apart. Step off the stool and hang. Be sure your bar is sturdy. My first one was plastic and I broke the brackets on the second day. I'm a hefty girl.
