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?
When your hand finishes at your side after a stroke. your thumb is already pointing "up" (or opposite of the bottom of the pool). You should then bring your arm out of the water thumb first, rotate , and enter pinky first. If its akward, there is a drill specifically designed to practice this movement where your arm comes up thumb first, arms stops while pointing straight up, rotate hand 180 degrees, enter hand in water.
When your hand finishes at your side after a stroke. your thumb is already pointing "up" (or opposite of the bottom of the pool). You should then bring your arm out of the water thumb first, rotate , and enter pinky first. If its akward, there is a drill specifically designed to practice this movement where your arm comes up thumb first, arms stops while pointing straight up, rotate hand 180 degrees, enter hand in water.
