How do you correct "crossing over" or "snaking" in a freestyle stroke? Are there drills? I can't shake it.
I finally filmed my stroke and was told before to do so to see that my entry arm (on a right stroke) is entering the water across near my left ear. From my vantage point, I see the right hand when I'm swimming at 1 oclock or slightly to the right of my right shoulder. I look at the film and sure enough, my right hand is coming across, near the left ear. In the water, I'm feeling the hand is entering the water and catch at 1 oclock.
My gliding arm, the left, I see is not straight, but angles a bit back to my right side. It looks like m right arm is coming over my left hand. And I'm really over rotating on my left shoulder. Right elbow is way up, almost immediately vertical to my right ear. Alot of this is effected by total immerssion book I read, to swim on your side.
Not sure how to fix this, or what the culprit is.
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I'm not sure if this helps,but I had a very siimilar problem.I thought that when I was swimming that my right hand stroke was correct.Also I was really rolling my body a lot.However,I was developing pains in my shoulder as I tried to compensate for this over-reaching of my right hand/arm during my stroke cycle.Then I decided to switch to bi-lateral breathing.I have now found that:
1.My right hand now doesn't over-reach or cross the centre-line.
2.Most importantly,the shoulder pains have gone completely.
3.I no longer over-rotate my body and now breathe by a slight movement of my head as I feel my fingers enter the water in front of me.
Mark Varney
I'm not sure if this helps,but I had a very siimilar problem.I thought that when I was swimming that my right hand stroke was correct.Also I was really rolling my body a lot.However,I was developing pains in my shoulder as I tried to compensate for this over-reaching of my right hand/arm during my stroke cycle.Then I decided to switch to bi-lateral breathing.I have now found that:
1.My right hand now doesn't over-reach or cross the centre-line.
2.Most importantly,the shoulder pains have gone completely.
3.I no longer over-rotate my body and now breathe by a slight movement of my head as I feel my fingers enter the water in front of me.
Mark Varney
