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?
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I have been workong really hard on looking down & rotating through my hips. Now I have a moderate muscle strain in my lower neck. I even tried counting my hip rotation instead of hand entry like was mentioned in TI's electronic newletter.
Any suggestions.
Stop working so hard! Lifting your head is something you do, not something you don't, so you shouldn't need to work really hard at not doing it. Try relaxing your neck and see what happens.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I have been workong really hard on looking down & rotating through my hips. Now I have a moderate muscle strain in my lower neck. I even tried counting my hip rotation instead of hand entry like was mentioned in TI's electronic newletter.
Any suggestions.
Stop working so hard! Lifting your head is something you do, not something you don't, so you shouldn't need to work really hard at not doing it. Try relaxing your neck and see what happens.
