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Originally posted by 330man totalimmersion.net/.../pictureperfect.html Look at Phelps in the lower portion of the picture. He is probably not going to wait until both hands are parallel to each other to begin his next stroke but he is also at full race speed. His recovering arm is just above his head and his lead arm has yet to begin it's catch. I swim catch-up for the majority of my workouts and don't have a problem with speed variation and it allows me to keep my stroke count down in the 12-15 range. I get very little propulsion from my kick if I kick at all. Sometimes I will only kick a two beat for a half a lap or so and then decide to cruise for a few laps. Cruising without a kick makes me very aware of my balance in the water. If I can maintain balance without kicking I know I am doing something right. 1) I have real questions about people who don't kick. It used to be that people thought that kicking only helped to maintain balance. Now many believe that kicking can add 10% or more forward movement. what is your reasoning for not kicking. 2) I have a question to others who want both arms above the shoulder line. How do you maintain a good roll? Most people I talk with stress a very"deep' hip roll when they do a TI technique. That seems not very possible. \

Originally posted by 330man totalimmersion.net/.../pictureperfect.html Look at Phelps in the lower portion of the picture. He is probably not going to wait until both hands are parallel to each other to begin his next stroke but he is also at full race speed. His recovering arm is just above his head and his lead arm has yet to begin it's catch. I swim catch-up for the majority of my workouts and don't have a problem with speed variation and it allows me to keep my stroke count down in the 12-15 range. I get very little propulsion from my kick if I kick at all. Sometimes I will only kick a two beat for a half a lap or so and then decide to cruise for a few laps. Cruising without a kick makes me very aware of my balance in the water. If I can maintain balance without kicking I know I am doing something right. 1) I have real questions about people who don't kick. It used to be that people thought that kicking only helped to maintain balance. Now many believe that kicking can add 10% or more forward movement. what is your reasoning for not kicking. 2) I have a question to others who want both arms above the shoulder line. How do you maintain a good roll? Most people I talk with stress a very"deep' hip roll when they do a TI technique. That seems not very possible. \