I've been watching a lot of videos recently. It seems that the only people who ever look to the bottom of the pool and don't raise their head when they are swimming free are a few swimmers from the US. Now here in the states, it is god's word that you must look to the bottom of the pool & role into the breath. In a video of Shoeman, he roles so little that frequently his hands & hips hit. Thorpe looks forward & Hackett moves his head very much when he breahtes.
Why do we in the US think that it is so important to role from our hips & breath with out lifting our heads?
If you have good buoyancy, then it's OK for you to raise your head on freestyle. The rest of us need to do everything we can to keep from sinking.
But don't lift your head too much. It creates drag.
I think Thorpe and Hackett have pretty good head positions. It's right on the neutral line. Not too far up, not too far down.
If you have good buoyancy, then it's OK for you to raise your head on freestyle. The rest of us need to do everything we can to keep from sinking.
But don't lift your head too much. It creates drag.
I think Thorpe and Hackett have pretty good head positions. It's right on the neutral line. Not too far up, not too far down.
