If someone were told Butterfly and Breaststroke are short-axis strokes, how would you explain what 'short-axis' means? Trying to find a simple way to explain this phrase, but I'm coming up fairly empty.
you rock back and forth like a short skewer is stuck through you from hip to hip as opposed to the long-axis strokes where you rotate back and forth like a long skewer is stuck from your head to toes
although that's not the greatest description either... because you don't really rotate along the axis like you truly do in free and back. tough one. good luck
in short axsis the fixed point is small, the only spot that does not move verticly is part of the lower back, and in long axsis the whole spine is fixed.
I think a skewer analogy is good for the long axis strokes. Maybe something like a teeter-totter for short axis? Everyone understands how a teeter-totter works.
I would say to imagine that you have two lines drawn through you, and they cross at your belly button. The shorter one is the one you rotate on or over.
Long axis makes sense for back and free as you really should rotate along your long axis. I think since people were really trying to emphasize the rotation this name stuck.By analogy fly and *** were called short axis,but IMHO that is a confusing description. In both *** and fly you should undulate not teeter-totter.How about long axis vs undulate(or axis of evil vs"the good ones":duel::thhbbb::rofl::dedhorse:)
That's a good suggestion except that you got your "evil v/s good" analogy mixed.
It's (or should be): :2cents:
Long = Good (Free = better than good) (Back....OK!)
Undulate = Depends
(Fly = nice to watch and good if you do it well)
(*** = Evil)
Long axis makes sense for back and free as you really should rotate along your long axis. I think since people were really trying to emphasize the rotation this name stuck.By analogy fly and *** were called short axis,but IMHO that is a confusing description. In both *** and fly you should undulate not teeter-totter.How about long axis vs undulate(or axis of evil vs"the good ones":duel::thhbbb::rofl::dedhorse:)
