The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Ion Beza As for the front quadrant in Total Immersion, read in page 47: "...One hand doesn't start until the other one's nearly back...". You got your near 0 degrees apart, righ here. No you don't! What it says (on page 47) is "begin stroking the right just as the left returns to the front quadrant". The boundary of the front quadrant, as you'll see if you look at the diagram on page 46, is a vertical line running through the shoulder. So in Total Immersion swimming, the right hand starts stroking just after the left hand passes the shoulder during its recovery. That means that the arms are nearly 90 degrees apart. In 'Swimming Dynamics' by Colwin in page 176, it reads: "...When Kieren sprints (i.e.: Kieren Perkins (Aus.), the second fastest 1500 freestyler in history) ... he retards his timing by bringing the pulling hand further back before the other hand enters. When his hand enters, his left hand will be level with his shoulder..." Or, to phrase it differently, when his right hand enters the front quadrant, his left hand is just leaving it. That is front quadrant swimming as defined on page 47 of Total Immersion: "FQS swimming means always keeping one or the other of your hands in that front quadrant."

Originally posted by Ion Beza As for the front quadrant in Total Immersion, read in page 47: "...One hand doesn't start until the other one's nearly back...". You got your near 0 degrees apart, righ here. No you don't! What it says (on page 47) is "begin stroking the right just as the left returns to the front quadrant". The boundary of the front quadrant, as you'll see if you look at the diagram on page 46, is a vertical line running through the shoulder. So in Total Immersion swimming, the right hand starts stroking just after the left hand passes the shoulder during its recovery. That means that the arms are nearly 90 degrees apart. In 'Swimming Dynamics' by Colwin in page 176, it reads: "...When Kieren sprints (i.e.: Kieren Perkins (Aus.), the second fastest 1500 freestyler in history) ... he retards his timing by bringing the pulling hand further back before the other hand enters. When his hand enters, his left hand will be level with his shoulder..." Or, to phrase it differently, when his right hand enters the front quadrant, his left hand is just leaving it. That is front quadrant swimming as defined on page 47 of Total Immersion: "FQS swimming means always keeping one or the other of your hands in that front quadrant."