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.
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Originally posted by mattson
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.
Try this: Stay in position until your anchoring hand (a.k.a. the hand in front) has reached somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees below horizontal. At that point make a quick "snap" of the hips transferring from one side to the other. This is actually a smaller movement than it sounds. If your other hand is in the water by the time the anchoring hand has reached 90 degrees below horizontal, you can reach with the hand entering the water and glide using the rest of your push and any kick that you have. (I have none worth anything.) Repeat to the opposite side.
Full disclosure: This is based on the TI school of thought. I use the TI method but am not a slave to it, having modified it's teachings to better suit me.
-LBJ
Originally posted by mattson
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.
Try this: Stay in position until your anchoring hand (a.k.a. the hand in front) has reached somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees below horizontal. At that point make a quick "snap" of the hips transferring from one side to the other. This is actually a smaller movement than it sounds. If your other hand is in the water by the time the anchoring hand has reached 90 degrees below horizontal, you can reach with the hand entering the water and glide using the rest of your push and any kick that you have. (I have none worth anything.) Repeat to the opposite side.
Full disclosure: This is based on the TI school of thought. I use the TI method but am not a slave to it, having modified it's teachings to better suit me.
-LBJ
