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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Just watched a bunch of backstroke videos. It looks like most of the winners of the races the little fingers did come out first but the thumb was not pointed directley to the bottom.
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Former Member
Just watched a bunch of backstroke videos. It looks like most of the winners of the races the little fingers did come out first but the thumb was not pointed directley to the bottom.
