The first loss of a master is memory, the second...I forgot. I probably have already asked this question, but here goes:
Does anyone bring their arm straight down and out after the grab? I am talking no sculling, no lateral movement, just bringing the arm straight parallel with the line maintaining the elbow high position. This would be to avoid crossing the midline with your forearm. Even though I breathe on the left, I still rotate fully to the right (a learned and trained and voluntary movement), but even so my right forearm tends to the middle, while my left arm has less pull and is erractic. When I learned the crawl it was from watching Tarzan movies, later when I was 16 and in a USA high school they taught the S shaped movement or the straight down and back. In those days the breathing was to one side. Last question: aside from timing both methods, what are your preferences on the long dolphin versus "less dolphin" emerging sooner method of starts and turns on a 50 meter short course freestyle race? Thanks, billy fanstone
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I am 6'3" my finger tips are halfway between my hip and knee when I stand square. I still finish very low on my thigh close to the knee but does this mean I am doing it wrong. I have watched a lot of swimmers who really extend the finish and have watched others exit the hand at the hip. They all seem to have it right.
I remember Councilman saying that George Breen lost the Olympic 1500 because he did not finish his stroke. He told me that the hand is above the shoulders even when it was on your thigh. I believe he ment the hands are part of a lever above the fulcrum (the chest). From that momment on I finished lower on the thigh.
I am 6'3" my finger tips are halfway between my hip and knee when I stand square. I still finish very low on my thigh close to the knee but does this mean I am doing it wrong. I have watched a lot of swimmers who really extend the finish and have watched others exit the hand at the hip. They all seem to have it right.
I remember Councilman saying that George Breen lost the Olympic 1500 because he did not finish his stroke. He told me that the hand is above the shoulders even when it was on your thigh. I believe he ment the hands are part of a lever above the fulcrum (the chest). From that momment on I finished lower on the thigh.
