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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Former Member
We all talk of this imaginary wall I always use it when teaching. But is really not there and we cannot really hold it but we can push on it and if we push too hard we do slip a little but the actual pounds per sq. in. pressure during the catch to finish phase is between 22 to 25 lbs per sqare inch, so you must push on the water. Not with your toe movement but the leverage of the back muscles through to the hands.
We all talk of this imaginary wall I always use it when teaching. But is really not there and we cannot really hold it but we can push on it and if we push too hard we do slip a little but the actual pounds per sq. in. pressure during the catch to finish phase is between 22 to 25 lbs per sqare inch, so you must push on the water. Not with your toe movement but the leverage of the back muscles through to the hands.
