Arm recovery

Former Member
Former Member
I was reading this article (www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx on arm recovery, one of the points they make is: The recovery should be relaxed. Not a stiff, rigid, mechanical movement. Let the hand and wrist lead the way. Is that saying the hand and wrist should be leading the arm recovery as I have been taught to ideally have the elbow leading the recovery? And how much does it matter in the bigger scheme of things?