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 respect your difference of opinion George.
As an age group swimmer I've gone as fast as a minute for 100 long course meters. Thumb out ...pinkie in.
The only way I could survive a 200 was stay loose. Pinkie out from the onset of the recovery tends to tighten up the arms...although it does set the hand in position for an ideal entry.
Phdude...relearning the three peak is tricky.
Sculling drills will help fine tune the hand motion for that extra swish on the exit.
I respect your difference of opinion George.
As an age group swimmer I've gone as fast as a minute for 100 long course meters. Thumb out ...pinkie in.
The only way I could survive a 200 was stay loose. Pinkie out from the onset of the recovery tends to tighten up the arms...although it does set the hand in position for an ideal entry.
Phdude...relearning the three peak is tricky.
Sculling drills will help fine tune the hand motion for that extra swish on the exit.
