Videos of Freestyle timing, pulling pattern, arm position
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Great Videos to show your swimmers. Good stuff.
Phelps and Thorpe
At approximately 30sec, 48 sec, 1min, and more, you’ll see the hand enter from both Phelps and Thorpe when the opposite hand is in the EVF position and during the power phase.
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Slow motion – You’ll see the forearm in an EVF position as the other hand enters.
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Grant Hackett – Great EVF and then the hand enters
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Jason Lezak – The most pronounced EVF of all the competitors who’s hand enters the water while the other is in the EVF position.
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Ziegler Holds off Laure Manaudou = Awesome looks at when one are is in the EVF position the other enters the water.
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Rebecca Adlington Olympic 400 m Freestyle Great Britian – Her EVF is gorgeous and her timing is great too.
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Former Member
If you watch frame by frame you'll see that the far arm and near arm look considerably different but look at the the same person when that arm is toward you and you'll see that it's in the power phase when the other arm enters. Good try! Come'on -- You can't actually believe that efficient timing occurs when neither hand is in the power phase - because that's what you're trying to defend. I will state this again, during the power phase of the stroke the opposing hand is out of the water and begins it's entry. If you believe any Olympian waits for their arm to catch-up to the other hand as you suggest in your photo - and you're giving that advice to other swimmers as the correct timing for optimum speed - We simply don't see eye to eye and that's that. I watched the video numerous times and because the arm is away from the midline - it looks like the stroke just started - well it didn't just start, he's past the EVF and in the power phase. And I hope we can all agree that during the recovery the hand moves from the exit point to the entry quickly enough to give the false impression that one hand is waiting for the other.
If you watch frame by frame you'll see that the far arm and near arm look considerably different but look at the the same person when that arm is toward you and you'll see that it's in the power phase when the other arm enters. Good try! Come'on -- You can't actually believe that efficient timing occurs when neither hand is in the power phase - because that's what you're trying to defend. I will state this again, during the power phase of the stroke the opposing hand is out of the water and begins it's entry. If you believe any Olympian waits for their arm to catch-up to the other hand as you suggest in your photo - and you're giving that advice to other swimmers as the correct timing for optimum speed - We simply don't see eye to eye and that's that. I watched the video numerous times and because the arm is away from the midline - it looks like the stroke just started - well it didn't just start, he's past the EVF and in the power phase. And I hope we can all agree that during the recovery the hand moves from the exit point to the entry quickly enough to give the false impression that one hand is waiting for the other.
