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
What a peculiar way to characterize a post in which I urged someone to believe in the possibility of dramatic improvement...transformation even.
I said "sometimes" but you left that out. I was also referring to your body of work, not a single post in particular. Do you acknowledge other views, or no views at all, or just fun views, on swimming? Or, is your approach the only view you will consider? What if you just love to swim and occasionally will tinker with a thing here or there?
What a peculiar way to characterize a post in which I urged someone to believe in the possibility of dramatic improvement...transformation even.
I said "sometimes" but you left that out. I was also referring to your body of work, not a single post in particular. Do you acknowledge other views, or no views at all, or just fun views, on swimming? Or, is your approach the only view you will consider? What if you just love to swim and occasionally will tinker with a thing here or there?
