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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3) Shoulder joint adduction and downward scapular motion means that shoulder and arm muscles are used mainly to maintain the arm in a leveraged position, while trunk/core muscles move the body over the arm's anchor point. As this occurs, the elbow moves from a tipped-out position toward the body.
Actually, adduction means that the humerus is moving toward the midline of the body (the "insweep").
I don't agree with the concept that the arm is functioning as a lever in a liquid medium, with forward motion generated by the trunk/core muscles.
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3) Shoulder joint adduction and downward scapular motion means that shoulder and arm muscles are used mainly to maintain the arm in a leveraged position, while trunk/core muscles move the body over the arm's anchor point. As this occurs, the elbow moves from a tipped-out position toward the body.
Actually, adduction means that the humerus is moving toward the midline of the body (the "insweep").
I don't agree with the concept that the arm is functioning as a lever in a liquid medium, with forward motion generated by the trunk/core muscles.
