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
Geek:
I don't agree with your last post.
It was just a suggestion, you don't have to like it. Personally, I find this forum is beginning to feel somewhat hijacked by TI stuff. It is for that reason that I suggested a stand alone discussion thread, much like Ande's, which has proven very successful.
"Effortless" strokes, two beat kicks, whatever. Just make sure you are applying them appropriately to what you do and not part of the Kool-Aid cups that are being passed around. You can love to swim in a thousand different ways.
Geek:
I don't agree with your last post.
It was just a suggestion, you don't have to like it. Personally, I find this forum is beginning to feel somewhat hijacked by TI stuff. It is for that reason that I suggested a stand alone discussion thread, much like Ande's, which has proven very successful.
"Effortless" strokes, two beat kicks, whatever. Just make sure you are applying them appropriately to what you do and not part of the Kool-Aid cups that are being passed around. You can love to swim in a thousand different ways.
