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
I have learned alot from Terry's posts versus George's which seem to only reflect on the theme of "we always did it that way". If someone posts we pea at the swallow end of the pool before our sprint workouts, I'm sure a comment would be coming about how they did it in 1955. Nobody really cares how they use to do it.
For those of us who swimming is just a little appetizer before the real sports start, Terry's comments seem to help how to expend as little energy as possible. :rofl:
Easy to understand your thoughts as I understand you are really not intersted in swimming. It is not a sport to you. Expend little energy win none.
!955 was not the end I raced til 1998 and have coached and taught to this day and have kept up the tech side and learning still. But the kick does not control the whole stroke.....
I have learned alot from Terry's posts versus George's which seem to only reflect on the theme of "we always did it that way". If someone posts we pea at the swallow end of the pool before our sprint workouts, I'm sure a comment would be coming about how they did it in 1955. Nobody really cares how they use to do it.
For those of us who swimming is just a little appetizer before the real sports start, Terry's comments seem to help how to expend as little energy as possible. :rofl:
Easy to understand your thoughts as I understand you are really not intersted in swimming. It is not a sport to you. Expend little energy win none.
!955 was not the end I raced til 1998 and have coached and taught to this day and have kept up the tech side and learning still. But the kick does not control the whole stroke.....
