When I swim breaststroke, I use the outsweep and insweep type of pull. I don't focus on pulling back at all. I read it somewhere that you should also focus on pulling back. WHen I tried doing that, my hands got stuck and my timing is off. Anyone has any thoughts?
Also, how wide should you pull? I sweep out to 12-15 inches outside my shoulder width, anchor my hands, then start insweep? I am concerned it might be too wide. When I tried anchoring my hands narrower, I don't feel as powerful of an insweep.
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Yes that makes perfect sense. I don't think I would cut the pizza into half. I think mine would be somewhere between one third and a half. Probably about 135 degrees.
Regarding the other question, I don't think my palms are directly facing backward (they are facing inward AND backward). So if palms facing each other is 90 degrees and facing direct back toward your toes is 0 degrees, my palms are about 45 degrees when they are coming toward my each other.
Do you get your mometum from pulling yourself forward in the water, or coming out of water to lunge forward? The higher I come out of water, so more distance I get from the lunge that follows. For some reason, when I tried to pull myself forward through water, it simply made my body more vertical.
Yes that makes perfect sense. I don't think I would cut the pizza into half. I think mine would be somewhere between one third and a half. Probably about 135 degrees.
Regarding the other question, I don't think my palms are directly facing backward (they are facing inward AND backward). So if palms facing each other is 90 degrees and facing direct back toward your toes is 0 degrees, my palms are about 45 degrees when they are coming toward my each other.
Do you get your mometum from pulling yourself forward in the water, or coming out of water to lunge forward? The higher I come out of water, so more distance I get from the lunge that follows. For some reason, when I tried to pull myself forward through water, it simply made my body more vertical.
