One more qustion, in freestyle, does the body travel past the arm or does the arm pull past the body?
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Some Guy,
This is an excellent question. The first time I have ever seen it posted on a swimming forum which surprises me it hasn't come up before. Or maybe it was before I joined USMS forum.
This was explained to me very scientifically back in the 1960s. And if a swimmer thinks about it when he/she is swimming, you will see that this is true because you can feel it.
The body moves past the arm. At the catch, which is the resistance, the arm actually moves about one foot and then because of propulsion from the lower body and the finish of the other arm, the body moves past the arm. For those swimmers with exceptionally long arms, the arm movement is a little less than one yard.
;)Donna
Some Guy,
This is an excellent question. The first time I have ever seen it posted on a swimming forum which surprises me it hasn't come up before. Or maybe it was before I joined USMS forum.
This was explained to me very scientifically back in the 1960s. And if a swimmer thinks about it when he/she is swimming, you will see that this is true because you can feel it.
The body moves past the arm. At the catch, which is the resistance, the arm actually moves about one foot and then because of propulsion from the lower body and the finish of the other arm, the body moves past the arm. For those swimmers with exceptionally long arms, the arm movement is a little less than one yard.
;)Donna
