Well, I know some of you are big fans of Ti appoach. I would like to read more on it. The library will not vcover the books that deal with backstroke, or breaststroke or butterfly, so I read some articles from time to time on it. Matt S use it for a summer team for kids and uses it himself and others might use some of it.
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I have noticed a few people complaining about developing shoulder pain when adopting Ti.
There is a good article on: www.zoomers.net go to the article on distance per stroke.
Basically, the type of stroke that has maximum reach, maximum length of stroke and a slow tempo can cause a lot more stress on the shoulders.
If you already have great flexibility then you can 'shrug' your shoulder forward into the catch, maintain a very high elbow and have a great DPS. That is actually how i swim, folowing the "australian crawl" principles.
Howqever a lot of the adopters of Ti are coming from running or tri backgrounds and do not have the great flexibility of people with a swim background.
I coach a number of these atheletes and they just cannot get their limbs into these positions without shoulder impingement. For these swimmers they should not reach for maximum extension, and they need a higher stroke rate to reduce the force loading on the arm during the stroke.
Reaching the hand down on entry to 1 foot under the water is essential to avoid pushing down on the water to get into the catch position.
If you don't have the range of motion of an "Elite swimmer" then you should not try to force your limbs into the same technique of the elite swimmer.
I have noticed a few people complaining about developing shoulder pain when adopting Ti.
There is a good article on: www.zoomers.net go to the article on distance per stroke.
Basically, the type of stroke that has maximum reach, maximum length of stroke and a slow tempo can cause a lot more stress on the shoulders.
If you already have great flexibility then you can 'shrug' your shoulder forward into the catch, maintain a very high elbow and have a great DPS. That is actually how i swim, folowing the "australian crawl" principles.
Howqever a lot of the adopters of Ti are coming from running or tri backgrounds and do not have the great flexibility of people with a swim background.
I coach a number of these atheletes and they just cannot get their limbs into these positions without shoulder impingement. For these swimmers they should not reach for maximum extension, and they need a higher stroke rate to reduce the force loading on the arm during the stroke.
Reaching the hand down on entry to 1 foot under the water is essential to avoid pushing down on the water to get into the catch position.
If you don't have the range of motion of an "Elite swimmer" then you should not try to force your limbs into the same technique of the elite swimmer.
