I missed her recent clinic in Seattle and so decided to get her DVD. She keeps her hands spaced more widely apart through the stroke than most people, is this the style she learned from an Australian coach? She also gets her forearms vertical pretty quickly, by raising her elbows, and applies more force earlier in the stroke than later, so that she uses her lats more than triceps. Also she keeps her feet apart during the flip turn.
I bought it from amazon but it is also in the USMS video library if you wanted to go that route. It's not that much more than the rental fee to just buy it, though.
She has a column in Swimming World where she has discussed these things. Keeping her arms wide is deliberate as she believes it generates more power.Her analogy is that when you pull yourself out of the pool you have your hands apart as that is the strongest way. I'm not sure I agree with this for most swimmers,but it is hard to argue with success.
She has a column in Swimming World where she has discussed these things. Keeping her arms wide is deliberate as she believes it generates more power.Her analogy is that when you pull yourself out of the pool you have your hands apart as that is the strongest way. I'm not sure I agree with this for most swimmers,but it is hard to argue with success.
