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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I am laughing at the Kenmore thing, very visual!!
I coach little girls in softball and one of the hardest things to get them to do is to throw properly using their body, not just their arms. I had a great softball coach at 10 who taught me properly and still can throw the ball from center field home without battin an eye, so core is important.
One friend who was helping me to learn to get that hip "twitch" told me to just stand in the water and practice twitching my hip forward and back as fast as I could. Looks very, very strange, people move away from you! Then he said float on your stomach kicking gently and practice that same twitch, doing the same side all the way across the pool. I have to say I am definately a right twitcher, not a left twitcher!! :)
The progression is to start adding the arms in, but always lead with that core hip twitch.
I have not mastered this, I drill it from time to time and I am sure people think I am having seizures. :)
I am laughing at the Kenmore thing, very visual!!
I coach little girls in softball and one of the hardest things to get them to do is to throw properly using their body, not just their arms. I had a great softball coach at 10 who taught me properly and still can throw the ball from center field home without battin an eye, so core is important.
One friend who was helping me to learn to get that hip "twitch" told me to just stand in the water and practice twitching my hip forward and back as fast as I could. Looks very, very strange, people move away from you! Then he said float on your stomach kicking gently and practice that same twitch, doing the same side all the way across the pool. I have to say I am definately a right twitcher, not a left twitcher!! :)
The progression is to start adding the arms in, but always lead with that core hip twitch.
I have not mastered this, I drill it from time to time and I am sure people think I am having seizures. :)
