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
Parents
Former Member
I finally found out that effortless swimming is not effortless or am I misquoting again?
1:15y repeats relates to 1:28m very good. Not Olympic time yet but good, especially after all those other repeats. I have almost lost my relationship to yard swimming thanks for this swim time converter I can - www.ilswim.org/timeconversion.htm
One other thought can we use body surfing to help us get faster, Matt Mann told me to catch the bow wave and swim downhill. Found this very interesting article on catching the wave. education.guardian.co.uk/.../0,3858,4970727-108233,00.html
I finally found out that effortless swimming is not effortless or am I misquoting again?
1:15y repeats relates to 1:28m very good. Not Olympic time yet but good, especially after all those other repeats. I have almost lost my relationship to yard swimming thanks for this swim time converter I can - www.ilswim.org/timeconversion.htm
One other thought can we use body surfing to help us get faster, Matt Mann told me to catch the bow wave and swim downhill. Found this very interesting article on catching the wave. education.guardian.co.uk/.../0,3858,4970727-108233,00.html
