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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Solar, I too have enjoyed the discussion and debate, thanks!
On a related topic I have a question that has been puzzling me for some time: the wave down the body ending in a whip of the legs theory would seem to me to predict that the kick occurring as the hands exit the water ought to be the stronger kick as it is the one that flows out of the whole body undulation. Any yet, if you watch video of a one-kick fly swimmer they just "drag their legs" for this kick and then do a more vigorous kick timed along with the hand entry. This seems very odd to me, do you have any theories on why this would be?
Solar, I too have enjoyed the discussion and debate, thanks!
On a related topic I have a question that has been puzzling me for some time: the wave down the body ending in a whip of the legs theory would seem to me to predict that the kick occurring as the hands exit the water ought to be the stronger kick as it is the one that flows out of the whole body undulation. Any yet, if you watch video of a one-kick fly swimmer they just "drag their legs" for this kick and then do a more vigorous kick timed along with the hand entry. This seems very odd to me, do you have any theories on why this would be?
