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:
www.youtube.com/watch
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?
I timed 1500 m today but sadly it was much slower than two weeks ago:
11/30: 31'42"
12/14: 34'20"
They were on the same time of day, same day of week, and the same pool, roughly the same number of people in the pool, the only difference is the water temperature (22C -> 17C).
Maybe I should order a professional swim smooth video analysis with the coach at my club running swim smooth, and work on the all the techniques during the winter when the long pool is closed for annual maintenance.
I timed 1500 m today but sadly it was much slower than two weeks ago:
11/30: 31'42"
12/14: 34'20"
They were on the same time of day, same day of week, and the same pool, roughly the same number of people in the pool, the only difference is the water temperature (22C -> 17C).
Maybe I should order a professional swim smooth video analysis with the coach at my club running swim smooth, and work on the all the techniques during the winter when the long pool is closed for annual maintenance.
