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 am glad to hear that it is not just me that feels that coaching in the UK is behind the times.Well actually I'm sad to hear it rather than glad.I feel that as Gareth said, I may well have to move to another coach,maybe at Barnet Copthall.That would be handy as I work in London.As for Gareth's point about not rolling enough on the non-breathing side during a stroke cycle,what drills would help with this?I already do single-arm drill and catch-up drill and I have reduced my stroke count for both of these considerably, with the feeling that in time I could reduce it even more.However,when it comes to complete swimming my stroke count and time have stayed the same even though I have made good progress as far as the drills are concerned.My thought is that as Gareth said when I do the complete swimming I cannot get enough roll onto my non-breathing side.I have not been able to master bi-lateral breathing and when I attempt it I find that I able struggling desperately to breathe.As I am a 400m/1500m freestyler I am not sure if bi-lateral breathing is the right route to follow.For body balance it would definitely make sense and if I could somehow find some drills that developed it then I would feel more comfortable.
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I am glad to hear that it is not just me that feels that coaching in the UK is behind the times.Well actually I'm sad to hear it rather than glad.I feel that as Gareth said, I may well have to move to another coach,maybe at Barnet Copthall.That would be handy as I work in London.As for Gareth's point about not rolling enough on the non-breathing side during a stroke cycle,what drills would help with this?I already do single-arm drill and catch-up drill and I have reduced my stroke count for both of these considerably, with the feeling that in time I could reduce it even more.However,when it comes to complete swimming my stroke count and time have stayed the same even though I have made good progress as far as the drills are concerned.My thought is that as Gareth said when I do the complete swimming I cannot get enough roll onto my non-breathing side.I have not been able to master bi-lateral breathing and when I attempt it I find that I able struggling desperately to breathe.As I am a 400m/1500m freestyler I am not sure if bi-lateral breathing is the right route to follow.For body balance it would definitely make sense and if I could somehow find some drills that developed it then I would feel more comfortable.
