I finally made it to one of the local coached workouts and all in all it was a pretty positive experience. One of the comments about my stroke was that my hand entered the water in-line with the crown of my head. I was told that it should enter more in line with my shoulder. I've been practicing with this for the past 2 1/2 weeks and it seems to have negatively affected my roll and my stroke count. I can't seem to get a good glide at the end of my stroke, and when I roll, my arm is out away from my head and seems to be creating more drag. Am I missing something here? Was I told partial info? incorrect info? or am I not looking at the problem correctly?
Thanks John
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Look at Phelps, lower portion of the photo unfortunately, and you will see that he is in a period of glide. His lead arm is just starting it's catch and his recovering arm is already above his head. There is clearly no propulsion coming from the man's arms and there hasn't been since his recovering hand left the water. BTW, this is the 200m free final at the '04 Olympics and the other swimmers are Hoogie and Thorpe. Though it is difficult to see, I think that Thorpe is also in a glide phase of his stroke.
Look at Phelps, lower portion of the photo unfortunately, and you will see that he is in a period of glide. His lead arm is just starting it's catch and his recovering arm is already above his head. There is clearly no propulsion coming from the man's arms and there hasn't been since his recovering hand left the water. BTW, this is the 200m free final at the '04 Olympics and the other swimmers are Hoogie and Thorpe. Though it is difficult to see, I think that Thorpe is also in a glide phase of his stroke.
