Open hand or not

Former Member
Former Member
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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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Mattson, Thank you for the link, i have printed it out and will study it later. Linsday, Now i see what you were saying. I was confused as i was looking at the force in ( F=ma ) as being only the propulsive force. Then taking that value and subtracting the Drag Forces to arrive at a Velocity. I think that your maths ability is way ahead of mine !:) Question, now that we have discussed this, can we now go out and break any records ?
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Mattson, Thank you for the link, i have printed it out and will study it later. Linsday, Now i see what you were saying. I was confused as i was looking at the force in ( F=ma ) as being only the propulsive force. Then taking that value and subtracting the Drag Forces to arrive at a Velocity. I think that your maths ability is way ahead of mine !:) Question, now that we have discussed this, can we now go out and break any records ?
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