Hi, I have to say that I am somewhat confused about whether or not ,when I am doing freestyle ,if I should roll my body and rotate my hips.My Masters coach has said that the body should stay flat and that I should just roll my shoulders when I stroke and keep my hips flat.For me this means that my stroke length is shorter when I do this and also my time is slower.Can anyone please enlighten me.
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I have to say that I agree with you all ,in that it is a lot easier to get longer stroke length with body roll.I even said to my coach about it being mentioned in "Breakthrough Swimming" by Cecil Colwin and that Emmett Hines even endorsed it.My coach seemed to think that by rolling your body you are always going to be off balance rather than when you are flat.I tried his method during a training session and actually found that I was talking 2/3 strokes more for a 25 metre lap.Also I think that front quadrant swimming is easier when you roll your body.Now you can all see why I was confused in the first place.Maybe it's the way that British coaches are trained as opposed to American ones.You guys seem to be more receptive to new ideas than we do over here.
I have to say that I agree with you all ,in that it is a lot easier to get longer stroke length with body roll.I even said to my coach about it being mentioned in "Breakthrough Swimming" by Cecil Colwin and that Emmett Hines even endorsed it.My coach seemed to think that by rolling your body you are always going to be off balance rather than when you are flat.I tried his method during a training session and actually found that I was talking 2/3 strokes more for a 25 metre lap.Also I think that front quadrant swimming is easier when you roll your body.Now you can all see why I was confused in the first place.Maybe it's the way that British coaches are trained as opposed to American ones.You guys seem to be more receptive to new ideas than we do over here.
