Hi there, new-ish swimmers!
My name is Barb and I was a lurker. Then I registered and lurked some more. I heard all sorts of terms (long-axis/short-axis, SDKs, slippage - to name a few) that the more seasoned swimmers were tossing around and had no clue what they referred to, much less meant. I was a little shy about asking for clarification on some basic issues within a thread where something was being discussed or debated.
I would like to create a space here for swimmers who are either new-ish to swimming, fitness swimming, or maybe competitive swimming to ask basic questions, the ones you're embarrassed to ask. If you don't want to ask them yourself, register and send me a private message, and I'll ask it for you.
I don't have the answers, but many of the posters here have been and are helpful and supportive of me and probably will be the same for you.
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Dropped elbows during the catch phase. Every triathlete I have worked has this problem. Most swimmers I have worked with have had this problem and it is easily changed. The fast change is to swim with the forearms. If this explanation works for you problem solved. If not it takes lots of words to solve this when we are writing it out.
True, George. I also had this group swim with fists and they realized the importance of the hand/forearm/correct entry was to the catch portion. One more set of e-z words to help with the dropped elbows: think of swimming with your forearm/shoulder over a barrel (exaggerated of course), but one gets the picture with that description.
Dropped elbows=slow swimming. Always.
Dropped elbows during the catch phase. Every triathlete I have worked has this problem. Most swimmers I have worked with have had this problem and it is easily changed. The fast change is to swim with the forearms. If this explanation works for you problem solved. If not it takes lots of words to solve this when we are writing it out.
True, George. I also had this group swim with fists and they realized the importance of the hand/forearm/correct entry was to the catch portion. One more set of e-z words to help with the dropped elbows: think of swimming with your forearm/shoulder over a barrel (exaggerated of course), but one gets the picture with that description.
Dropped elbows=slow swimming. Always.
