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
Alison
The water temp was a bit below 80. I had what I felt was an excellent race. Drafted well off a younger, faster woman on the first 400m or so, til she slackened her pace a bit then passed another four or five swimmers on the way to the turnaround. Passed only one more on the 2nd half - him after following him way outside. Then I didn't see anyone in passing range the rest of the way.
I won the 55-59 age group in 1:24, but I think the course was a bit long as the overall winner was around 1:16, which would be a more typical 5k time for me, in races where the winner is under 1:10.
The course could have been better marked as they had a large yellow buoy only every 750m or so, with small orange buoys at about 400m intervals.
Terry:
Congratulations on your swim. Just a quick ? I noticed that the overall winner was Rick Walker, who is 56, with a time of 1:14.45, which is excellent regardless of age. Is he not listed as the winner of the 55-59 age group because he wore a wet suit? That looks strange that he would be the overall winner and not the age group winner.
home.earthlink.net~dixiezone/.../0610TropicalSplash.pdf
Alison
The water temp was a bit below 80. I had what I felt was an excellent race. Drafted well off a younger, faster woman on the first 400m or so, til she slackened her pace a bit then passed another four or five swimmers on the way to the turnaround. Passed only one more on the 2nd half - him after following him way outside. Then I didn't see anyone in passing range the rest of the way.
I won the 55-59 age group in 1:24, but I think the course was a bit long as the overall winner was around 1:16, which would be a more typical 5k time for me, in races where the winner is under 1:10.
The course could have been better marked as they had a large yellow buoy only every 750m or so, with small orange buoys at about 400m intervals.
Terry:
Congratulations on your swim. Just a quick ? I noticed that the overall winner was Rick Walker, who is 56, with a time of 1:14.45, which is excellent regardless of age. Is he not listed as the winner of the 55-59 age group because he wore a wet suit? That looks strange that he would be the overall winner and not the age group winner.
home.earthlink.net~dixiezone/.../0610TropicalSplash.pdf
