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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If the thumb comes out first it should be rotated to the palms down and pinkie slightly up very soon. I find it is easier no muscle strain. It is not an extreme pinkie up.
I have been an all strokes swimmer in the past. I did hold the Canadian records for the 100 IM under a minute. It was on the books for a few years, but was taken off when they removed that dinkey distance from the record books. I was also 200 IM and 400 IM guy but they liked to dq me for my breaststroke which would be legal to day.
As far as my backstroke a great 50 but not such a great 100. The hundred back for me was a marathon swim.
If the thumb comes out first it should be rotated to the palms down and pinkie slightly up very soon. I find it is easier no muscle strain. It is not an extreme pinkie up.
I have been an all strokes swimmer in the past. I did hold the Canadian records for the 100 IM under a minute. It was on the books for a few years, but was taken off when they removed that dinkey distance from the record books. I was also 200 IM and 400 IM guy but they liked to dq me for my breaststroke which would be legal to day.
As far as my backstroke a great 50 but not such a great 100. The hundred back for me was a marathon swim.
