In the overgrown jungle known as "the Fastest Age", this idea came up:
Originally posted by gull80
I thought that anchoring was more a figure of speech, although I did read in TI that your arms/shoulders are much less important than your core muscles (which I still find hard to believe).
I brought up the baseball pitcher analogy that is popular. Craig mentioned he knew of that example, but the pitcher gets to push off the ground. I gave a counter example of throwing in water polo (in an all-deep pool ;) ). At that point, we both got sucked back into... ah... another discussion.
I wanted to start this thread, to see if it would yield any interesting insights. I was talking to a Masters swimmer who went to a training camp at the Olympic Training Center, and she mentioned that the main emphasis was to engage the core muscles during your swim.
I'm certain that I am not using ideal power transfer. I hope that I am not misrepresenting Craig, in saying he is not sure about how this is done.
These are great posts, thanks. :cool: (I especially like the head-snapping Kenmore visual.)
It's not just a power transfer from the legs. The next time you are in a pool with a water polo ball (all the time, I know...), try this. Float on your side, only kicking and hand sculling to keep your balance. Hold the polo ball up with your throwing arm, and hurl it just using your shoulder muscles. Then try it a second time, rolling your body around the long axis with the arm whip at the end.
That is the kinetic transfer that I would like to improve. I definitely roll slowly, but if I try to speed that up, the power does not get transferred efficiently.
These are great posts, thanks. :cool: (I especially like the head-snapping Kenmore visual.)
It's not just a power transfer from the legs. The next time you are in a pool with a water polo ball (all the time, I know...), try this. Float on your side, only kicking and hand sculling to keep your balance. Hold the polo ball up with your throwing arm, and hurl it just using your shoulder muscles. Then try it a second time, rolling your body around the long axis with the arm whip at the end.
That is the kinetic transfer that I would like to improve. I definitely roll slowly, but if I try to speed that up, the power does not get transferred efficiently.
