For the last few weeks, I've been noticing what I see when I swim. I have noticed two things about my free stroke.
1. When I do free, I see almost my entire left arm stroke. I breath to my left. I see my hand enter the water, begin the catch, pull to my waist. Then it disappears. I see it then when I roll to breathe. I only see my right hand briefly as it enters into the water. I think this might be because I don't rotate my hips enogh as I pull my right hand & arm through the stroke. Then it reappears as it passes my waist and relaxes.
I swam some laps breathing to my right and i saw exactly the opposite.
2. As I begin to flip, I look down, seee my left big toe, then my eyes move to the right foot. As my feet pass over my head I look through the space between my right big toe & the next toe. I was really amazed at how much I can see outside of the pool through this gap. As I roll I close my eyes to blink. Then I look at the left side of the pool for the push off and pull out. I realized that I do this even when I am not thinking about it or consciously looking.
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I breathe exclusively to the left (Bad habit, I know) so I too only see my left stroke in it's entirety. I like to see a sizable wake when I breathe because it usually means that I am swimming relatively fast. Sometimes after a turn I see myself pushing off towards the bottom of the pool but by then it's too late. I really enjoy backstroke starts with lots of underwater dolphin kicking because it's fun to watch the backstroke flags dissapear and sometimes, if I am really on my game, I can see the flags on the other end of the pool approaching. When I was taken off of full stroke swimming I stuck exclusively to this kicking drill. Oh yeah, sometimes I also see lost goggles and loose change at the bottom of the pool.
I breathe exclusively to the left (Bad habit, I know) so I too only see my left stroke in it's entirety. I like to see a sizable wake when I breathe because it usually means that I am swimming relatively fast. Sometimes after a turn I see myself pushing off towards the bottom of the pool but by then it's too late. I really enjoy backstroke starts with lots of underwater dolphin kicking because it's fun to watch the backstroke flags dissapear and sometimes, if I am really on my game, I can see the flags on the other end of the pool approaching. When I was taken off of full stroke swimming I stuck exclusively to this kicking drill. Oh yeah, sometimes I also see lost goggles and loose change at the bottom of the pool.
