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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George, I suspect that surfing your own bow wave is a physical impossibility, as you speed up to get past your bow wave your bow wave would also speed up. And the only energy in your bow wave is what you put there so what would there be to gain?
I would guess that swimming downhill is a sensation associated with swimming with elevated hips not a propulsive physical reality like bodysurfing where you are utilizing the energy invested in the wave by external forces.
On the other hand, if you truly believe that you can outswim your bow wave the attempt at doing so may make you faster. Similar to trying to outrun your shadow I guess. ;)
George, I suspect that surfing your own bow wave is a physical impossibility, as you speed up to get past your bow wave your bow wave would also speed up. And the only energy in your bow wave is what you put there so what would there be to gain?
I would guess that swimming downhill is a sensation associated with swimming with elevated hips not a propulsive physical reality like bodysurfing where you are utilizing the energy invested in the wave by external forces.
On the other hand, if you truly believe that you can outswim your bow wave the attempt at doing so may make you faster. Similar to trying to outrun your shadow I guess. ;)
