Butt sinkers...

I have watched lots of videos of swimmers. Lots of these swimmers are swimming with there heads almost underwater and are inserting their hands very close to their heads. How important is head position? How important is hand entry? Many follow the directions listed in a book or on a DVD and drive the hands forward. They go to the catch then the elbow drops. The butt drags and the kick does not do anything to help keep the butt near the surface. How can we solve the butt drag??? Do we think everyone should swim the same or are swimmers needs different??? George: I'd swear you have been watching me swim. These are my biggest issues. I will find that at times I will "pop" up to the surface and be swimming fast and effortlessly on th top of the water. The problem come after a turn when I can't recreate how I did it and I'm now fighting through the water.

I have watched lots of videos of swimmers. Lots of these swimmers are swimming with there heads almost underwater and are inserting their hands very close to their heads. How important is head position? How important is hand entry? Many follow the directions listed in a book or on a DVD and drive the hands forward. They go to the catch then the elbow drops. The butt drags and the kick does not do anything to help keep the butt near the surface. How can we solve the butt drag??? Do we think everyone should swim the same or are swimmers needs different??? George: I'd swear you have been watching me swim. These are my biggest issues. I will find that at times I will "pop" up to the surface and be swimming fast and effortlessly on th top of the water. The problem come after a turn when I can't recreate how I did it and I'm now fighting through the water.