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:)
Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
I do not like the loose terminology used in describing strokes, which emphasis the 'feel' more than what is really being done. A sound basis in Newton's laws is better than the verbal mush provided by much of the swimming community.
I understand what you are saying, but feel :D that is not the whole story. What people think they are doing is often at odds with what they are doing. (Otherwise, having a coach watch you, or videotaping, would not be so useful.) So often you have to describe a sensory (touch) perception, which has a poor scientific language.
Put it another way. My dad used to kid me that I should wipe out people playing billiards, because of my knowledge of Newton's laws. But the application of those laws is often much different than the theoretical generalization. ;)
Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
I do not like the loose terminology used in describing strokes, which emphasis the 'feel' more than what is really being done. A sound basis in Newton's laws is better than the verbal mush provided by much of the swimming community.
I understand what you are saying, but feel :D that is not the whole story. What people think they are doing is often at odds with what they are doing. (Otherwise, having a coach watch you, or videotaping, would not be so useful.) So often you have to describe a sensory (touch) perception, which has a poor scientific language.
Put it another way. My dad used to kid me that I should wipe out people playing billiards, because of my knowledge of Newton's laws. But the application of those laws is often much different than the theoretical generalization. ;)
