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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Solar Energy:
OK, I can eat sauce.
I counted tonight at practice. I'm usually 12 per 25 yards with a flip (13 with a finish) on free. But I'm also only 5'4". Is that really awful? Will I be eating a lot of sauce? hmmm (scratching my head...). If this was your stroke count at moderate pace (as opposed to exagerately long glide resulting in extra slow pace), then I'm afraid that you wouldn't expect a lot of sauce with your chicken.
In order for stroke count to be valid, to really depict the way you swim, I need you to report your stroke count while swimming normally (as opposed to focuss on it for 50y or so).
I hope you don't mind me questionning the result.
You might want to try a 200y swam at moderate pace. Report back on both the time, and the stroke count per 25y. If possible, try to give us the evolution (or the degradation) of the count throughout the 200y
eg
50y as 12strokes
50y as 14strokes
remaining 100y 15strokes
Something like that. If possible.
Solar Energy:
OK, I can eat sauce.
I counted tonight at practice. I'm usually 12 per 25 yards with a flip (13 with a finish) on free. But I'm also only 5'4". Is that really awful? Will I be eating a lot of sauce? hmmm (scratching my head...). If this was your stroke count at moderate pace (as opposed to exagerately long glide resulting in extra slow pace), then I'm afraid that you wouldn't expect a lot of sauce with your chicken.
In order for stroke count to be valid, to really depict the way you swim, I need you to report your stroke count while swimming normally (as opposed to focuss on it for 50y or so).
I hope you don't mind me questionning the result.
You might want to try a 200y swam at moderate pace. Report back on both the time, and the stroke count per 25y. If possible, try to give us the evolution (or the degradation) of the count throughout the 200y
eg
50y as 12strokes
50y as 14strokes
remaining 100y 15strokes
Something like that. If possible.
