open/closed handed freestyle??

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Hi all. Do we have to OPEN or CLOSE our fingers when are swimming freestyle, I mean in catch n pull stage? May I ask why? Thank you very much.
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  • Former Member
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    Debaitable Linsay How far does the hand move back. I have a hard time when examining videos of great swimmers seeing the hand moving through the water. What I do see is the hand enters and almost stays where it enters and the body moves past the hand. They are pushing on the wall of water???
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Debaitable Linsay How far does the hand move back. I have a hard time when examining videos of great swimmers seeing the hand moving through the water. What I do see is the hand enters and almost stays where it enters and the body moves past the hand. They are pushing on the wall of water???
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