OK this sounds like a stupid question but someone at the pool told me that my hand needs to be open with my fingers apart when I swim. i normally cup it which is what I thought was the best way. Today I tried my fingers together and my thumb out a little bit from the hand.
The cupped hand seemed best but what do the experts say?
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U of Wisconsin ran tests in the 50s, a cupped hand presses less water. A hand that was not cupped but the fingers touching, the thumb touching the pointer finger and an open hand with the fingers apart moved the same amount of water. I don't have the documentation but I was told this by a professor from there.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
U of Wisconsin ran tests in the 50s, a cupped hand presses less water. A hand that was not cupped but the fingers touching, the thumb touching the pointer finger and an open hand with the fingers apart moved the same amount of water. I don't have the documentation but I was told this by a professor from there.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
