Last night I went to a coached practice for the first time in a long time, and the coach had me and one other person do backstroke pinkie out/pinkie in instead of thumb out/pinkie in. That was the first time I had ever had a coach tell me to do something like that, and I didn't get a chance to ask the purpose. Do any of you coaches or more experienced swimmers know why a coach might tell a swimmer to do that?
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I don't think the coach was trying to teach pinkie out as a general rule for all backstrokers, it was just for two of the twelve or so of us. My only guess is that a pinkie-first recovery forces the body to rotate more, and maybe I was swimming very flat. But any other ideas are welcome.
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I don't think the coach was trying to teach pinkie out as a general rule for all backstrokers, it was just for two of the twelve or so of us. My only guess is that a pinkie-first recovery forces the body to rotate more, and maybe I was swimming very flat. But any other ideas are welcome.
