Zirconium,
I've been posting to many threads that are redundant so I'm going to steer you to some old threads that hopefully will help you.
Please go to Theories - a new look to an old thread #1 and #7
then go to EVF Teaching
the type in Early Vertical Forearm + swimming into your search engine
I think those will give you some important information about both stroke rate and stoke length. Good Luck, Coach T.