I am trying to improve my freestyle. I have been working on balance,timing,counting strokes.
When watching videos of world classs swimmers, I noticed that on swimmers like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, that their arm in the water is fully extended(straight) and angled below the corresponding shoulder. It looks as though the arm that is about to catch the water is angled to where it points towards where the pool wall and pool bottom meet. Not pointed directly down but not pointed directly straight out from the shoulder to the wall.
It seems like most of the best freestylers have their extended arms pointed below their bottom shoulder at an angle before the pull. This also appears to only happen once they have finished the rotation to that side.
Has anyone else noticed this or am I way off?
Thanks,
David
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Just remembering another time he called me up on stage with others, he was explaining body structure I forget what he called my structure but he mentiond my flab in the middle.
Doc Councillman explained things even more simple than Silva. Doc took videos of me swimming, he asked why I bent my arms underwater so much. He coached George Breen were the 2 beat kick came from. Breens kick was almost a scissor kick and he had a huge crossover stroke. He won the heats for the 1500m at those same Olympics but lost the final to a swimmer with a slower time. Councillman said to me during the race that Breen was not finishing his stroke.
Just remembering another time he called me up on stage with others, he was explaining body structure I forget what he called my structure but he mentiond my flab in the middle.
Doc Councillman explained things even more simple than Silva. Doc took videos of me swimming, he asked why I bent my arms underwater so much. He coached George Breen were the 2 beat kick came from. Breens kick was almost a scissor kick and he had a huge crossover stroke. He won the heats for the 1500m at those same Olympics but lost the final to a swimmer with a slower time. Councillman said to me during the race that Breen was not finishing his stroke.
