One more qustion, in freestyle, does the body travel past the arm or does the arm pull past the body?
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When Doc Counsilman filmed Mark Spitz from underwater in 1970, with lights attached to his hands and against a grid background, he was surprised to see that Spitz's hands exited the water ahead of where they entered.
To achieve that he could not have been pulling his arm past his body. If you're approx 6' tall and are able to swim 12 to 13 SPL in a 25 yd pool for freestyle, that means you're doing what Spitz did - moving your body past your hand.
I think that would be due to a delayed/slowed recovery or a powerful kick, no? I don't care how many Olympic medals you have, nobodies hand and arm are 100% efficient in the water. Slippage and drag are a part of water than can't be avoided.
When Doc Counsilman filmed Mark Spitz from underwater in 1970, with lights attached to his hands and against a grid background, he was surprised to see that Spitz's hands exited the water ahead of where they entered.
To achieve that he could not have been pulling his arm past his body. If you're approx 6' tall and are able to swim 12 to 13 SPL in a 25 yd pool for freestyle, that means you're doing what Spitz did - moving your body past your hand.
I think that would be due to a delayed/slowed recovery or a powerful kick, no? I don't care how many Olympic medals you have, nobodies hand and arm are 100% efficient in the water. Slippage and drag are a part of water than can't be avoided.
