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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Help! backstroke!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/13305/help-backstroke</link><description>My backstroke is awful. I have no video to post presently, but I can tell you from seeing myself, I know that I am snaking really badly, wasting energy going from side to side and not having my hips and shoulders rotate as one.
I&amp;#39;ve been mainly doing</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Help! backstroke!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/206548?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:35:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a1d9dc6e-af6d-4e09-aa6d-5878933289dc</guid><dc:creator>BettyL</dc:creator><description>It sounds like you at least have the idea of the rotation down, so, I might try some double-arm backstroke in there.  That could kill two birds with one stone in 1) allowing you to better feel where your arms are entering relative to your shoulders and also relative to each other (uneven stroke is obviously a main cause of snaking), and 2) will force you to bend your elbows on the pull.  Perhaps wear some fins so you don&amp;#39;t have to worry about kicking as much and can focus on the top quarter of the stroke.

You mentioned another one of my problems- I’m definitely uneven. I’m always swimming into the right lane rope. I’m so right side dominant I have trouble getting my left side to do what I want it to.  Even on land!  I’ll try your suggestion. Thanks!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help! backstroke!</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/206540?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:27:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3f92c116-31ca-4f5b-a582-445a10b39a41</guid><dc:creator>Jeff Enge</dc:creator><description>It sounds like you at least have the idea of the rotation down, so, I might try some double-arm backstroke in there.  That could kill two birds with one stone in 1) allowing you to better feel where your arms are entering relative to your shoulders and also relative to each other (uneven stroke is obviously a main cause of snaking), and 2) will force you to bend your elbows on the pull.  Perhaps wear some fins so you don&amp;#39;t have to worry about kicking as much and can focus on the top quarter of the stroke.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>