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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Fortress I have seen over time swimmers just about break every rule of having the perfect stroke and they have suceeded. I have yet to see the perfect stroke and I am sure we will not see that until the records can not be lowered. Well that's because we've been in the long distance swimming business mate.
I remember this darn Hungarian. Atila Molnar. Straight arm recovery all the way. Very simple technique. Very simple feeding protocol too : go at the grocery store, get some cheap fruit juice and there he goes.
And he often finished in front of us.
Even Sheiley Taylor-Smith didn't bend the arms all that much (like a lot of ladies). She'd fall in the straight arm recov caterogy in my opinon. Yet, 7times World Champion.
Fortress I have seen over time swimmers just about break every rule of having the perfect stroke and they have suceeded. I have yet to see the perfect stroke and I am sure we will not see that until the records can not be lowered. Well that's because we've been in the long distance swimming business mate.
I remember this darn Hungarian. Atila Molnar. Straight arm recovery all the way. Very simple technique. Very simple feeding protocol too : go at the grocery store, get some cheap fruit juice and there he goes.
And he often finished in front of us.
Even Sheiley Taylor-Smith didn't bend the arms all that much (like a lot of ladies). She'd fall in the straight arm recov caterogy in my opinon. Yet, 7times World Champion.
