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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Hines' article makes no mention of the deceleration which has to occur during the time that neither arm is pulling (unless you have a very propulsive kick or you're swimming in a vacuum). This is very well covered in Swimming Fastest. The goal is to minimize the amount of deceleration, assuming that you want to swim faster. That does not mean that you should shorten your stroke or hurry the catch phase, however.
Hines' article makes no mention of the deceleration which has to occur during the time that neither arm is pulling (unless you have a very propulsive kick or you're swimming in a vacuum). This is very well covered in Swimming Fastest. The goal is to minimize the amount of deceleration, assuming that you want to swim faster. That does not mean that you should shorten your stroke or hurry the catch phase, however.
