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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Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I was seeing those tiles on the bottom of the pool. Then I got to wondering, "Who in the world would spend all that time putting each little tile down?". That had to take a lot of time.
I think the little tiles come preglued to mesh sheets. They cut the mesh to the right size, lay them down on the adhesive, and spread on the grout. But, they could have done it the old fashioned way, one tile at a time.
When I swim, I mostly see the line at the bottom of the pool (made of the little blue tiles), alternating with the side of the pool or the lane line, and the occasional passing swimmer. Now that I'm getting better at swimming and more relax, I periodically close my eyes. Then I open my eyes and realize that I'm going off course. I haven't crashed into the side of the lane yet. And I have seen some hair tumbleweeds, dirt clots, and bandaids.
Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I was seeing those tiles on the bottom of the pool. Then I got to wondering, "Who in the world would spend all that time putting each little tile down?". That had to take a lot of time.
I think the little tiles come preglued to mesh sheets. They cut the mesh to the right size, lay them down on the adhesive, and spread on the grout. But, they could have done it the old fashioned way, one tile at a time.
When I swim, I mostly see the line at the bottom of the pool (made of the little blue tiles), alternating with the side of the pool or the lane line, and the occasional passing swimmer. Now that I'm getting better at swimming and more relax, I periodically close my eyes. Then I open my eyes and realize that I'm going off course. I haven't crashed into the side of the lane yet. And I have seen some hair tumbleweeds, dirt clots, and bandaids.
