I previously swam by reaching as far as possible, extending my arms and hands in order to enter the water as far as possible, and pull all the way nearly touching the knees in order to lengthen the stroke. However, my coach told me to drop this practice and enter the water near my head instead (she gave me a kickboard and let me do one-arm drill such that the hand enters the water BEHIND the kickboard), and told me that looong stroke is a kind of old-fashioned swimming in the 80s. That's exactly the opposite of this video tells:
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So what's exactly the mechanism of entering short? This club is running Swim Smooth, or should I switch to one which runs Total Immersion instead?
Paul Newsome, the founder of Swim Smooth, is a great guy (and coach). If you want to correspond with him directly, FRIEND him on Facebook. He's good at responding.
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I like both Swim Smooth and TI, but prefer the former if you're already a descent swimmer.
Mark
Paul Newsome, the founder of Swim Smooth, is a great guy (and coach). If you want to correspond with him directly, FRIEND him on Facebook. He's good at responding.
On a related note, Swim Smooth is currently offering 10% off of their Swim Guru with LOTS of great, professional videos, tips, and training session: www.swimsmooth.guru with the promo code VUQ8-7G2G.
I like both Swim Smooth and TI, but prefer the former if you're already a descent swimmer.
Mark
