I'm just learning these formally (I taught myself a few years ago) and consequently suck at the pullout. I always mess up the timing and I"m almost always too deep, especially from a dive. So two questions:
1) Any tips for reading depth? Breaking out to early, or feet brushing the surface are my biggest problems.
2) In a race, is it better to risk a pullout and possible DQ, or just do a streamline off the walls? I feel like I can go almost as far on a good streamline as a pullout, and streamline don't usually have messy outcomes.
Thanks!!!!
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You want to stop the glide and begin your pullout when your speed slows. In other words, don't allow your underwater speed to drop below that of your stroking speed on the surface. I don't swim much *** but every length I swim gets a proper pullout...or at least an attempt at proper. Practice makes perfect.
Just from watching good *** racers it seems that the pullout can really make or break a race. If you are racing somebody who has no real pullout, just a dive and glide, your pullout is going to give you a marked advantage.
You want to stop the glide and begin your pullout when your speed slows. In other words, don't allow your underwater speed to drop below that of your stroking speed on the surface. I don't swim much *** but every length I swim gets a proper pullout...or at least an attempt at proper. Practice makes perfect.
Just from watching good *** racers it seems that the pullout can really make or break a race. If you are racing somebody who has no real pullout, just a dive and glide, your pullout is going to give you a marked advantage.
