Just wondering. How many of y'all are using the front quadrant swimming technique? I have been using the book and DVD-Total Immersion and trying to adjust my stroke. When I do the stroke correctly it is so much easier-effortless. I feel like I am able to reduce the drag I create when swimming the way I was taught to swim years ago. I'm interested in anyone's experience with FQS. Thanks:)
I swam the 400 Free at Savannah LCM Nats and couldn't believe how good it felt. Being a butterflyer and never much of a freestyler I recently have been working on my freestyle. I used to hate anything over a 200, but I felt so great after my 400 I could have gone another 400 at the same pace.
The reason was not just front-quadrant swimming, but the fact that I wasn't pulling all the way back. I was recovering quicker so I could maintain a rhythm that kept me in the front quadrant. By establishing a good rhythm you avoid "dead-spots" by gliding too long. As someone once said - and then I heard Michael Collins say it again - "there is no glide in freestyle." Now, I believe it.
I swam the 400 Free at Savannah LCM Nats and couldn't believe how good it felt. Being a butterflyer and never much of a freestyler I recently have been working on my freestyle. I used to hate anything over a 200, but I felt so great after my 400 I could have gone another 400 at the same pace.
The reason was not just front-quadrant swimming, but the fact that I wasn't pulling all the way back. I was recovering quicker so I could maintain a rhythm that kept me in the front quadrant. By establishing a good rhythm you avoid "dead-spots" by gliding too long. As someone once said - and then I heard Michael Collins say it again - "there is no glide in freestyle." Now, I believe it.
