Question for all our flyers....when you are doing your recovery...how do you recover your arms? Thumbs down...ie thumb pointed at the water or Palm Down...palm looking at the water?
I have tried both and can't seem to get comfortable on either of them.
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...how do you recover your arms? Thumbs down... or Palm Down...?
I do palm down.
But most images I see show thumbs down, leading with the wrist. I don't have enough rotation in my arthritic shoulders to do this however... so I settle for palm down.
A swim buddy I occasionally run into at the pool does their fly recovery with a sort of elbow first (and thumb down, lead with the wrist) style... very different from what I've usually seen. When I asked them about it they informed me that they were double jointed in the shoulders.
So it would seem that shoulder flexibility has a lot to do with the process.
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...how do you recover your arms? Thumbs down... or Palm Down...?
I do palm down.
But most images I see show thumbs down, leading with the wrist. I don't have enough rotation in my arthritic shoulders to do this however... so I settle for palm down.
A swim buddy I occasionally run into at the pool does their fly recovery with a sort of elbow first (and thumb down, lead with the wrist) style... very different from what I've usually seen. When I asked them about it they informed me that they were double jointed in the shoulders.
So it would seem that shoulder flexibility has a lot to do with the process.
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