I'm a fairly new competitve swimmer (although I'm gonna be 50 this year). I'm reading a book entitled "The Essential Swimmer" by Steve Tarpinian. He's telling me that the water line for freestyle should be somewhere between my goggles and my cap (hairline) on my forehead. Is this right? I've been swimming all this time (started last August) with my head straight down. Seems to me that I'm gonna get quite a neck ache swimming that way, but if that's correct I'll start today! Any help is appreciated.
Doug
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I, too, am a recent convert to the head down swimming approach. As well as keeping your hips up, it seems to allow the shoulders to roll more - in fact your whole body rolls more on the vertical axis.
One problem, kinda embarassing, is that when I put my head down and think about stroke mechanics, I forget about the wall - ouch.
I, too, am a recent convert to the head down swimming approach. As well as keeping your hips up, it seems to allow the shoulders to roll more - in fact your whole body rolls more on the vertical axis.
One problem, kinda embarassing, is that when I put my head down and think about stroke mechanics, I forget about the wall - ouch.
