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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I think the weight shift is more of an observation of what is going on that what is really happening. This is possible, especially for the upward body motion *power* (if any :rolleyes: ).
But a baseball player is pushing his foot against a solid surface. You know, I can't rule out the possibility of being wrong.
As Mswimming says, it may be more a feeling or an observation more than what's really happening.
On the downward body motion the weight shift can be real indeed though. But most of the time I don't really use it (I prefer to glide a bit more, which breaks the potential synchronization between downward body motion and the catch).
I think the weight shift is more of an observation of what is going on that what is really happening. This is possible, especially for the upward body motion *power* (if any :rolleyes: ).
But a baseball player is pushing his foot against a solid surface. You know, I can't rule out the possibility of being wrong.
As Mswimming says, it may be more a feeling or an observation more than what's really happening.
On the downward body motion the weight shift can be real indeed though. But most of the time I don't really use it (I prefer to glide a bit more, which breaks the potential synchronization between downward body motion and the catch).
