With a swimmer that is using a rather straight arm pull, at least to the point where the hand is under the shoulder/the arm is vertical, what sorts of drills or focus points will help them move to/practice more of a high elbow/bent elbow style beyond just explaining/showing them the high elbow pull?
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I'm not speaking for Jazz Hands but several elite swimmers have or had windmill style recoveries. Janet Evans, like many females, had a straight arm recovery. Stefan Nystrand and Fred Bousquet have essentially straight arm recoveries.
I agree it is generally agreed it is not "good from" but that doesn't make it wrong. I fail to see how it is less efficient nor more harmful to the shoulder. I do see that a straight arm recovery is more likely to produce a distruptive hand entry.
I'm not an advocate of a straight arm recovery. I work every day on a high elbow both above and below the water line. But I think a straight arm recover is in the range of acceptable or correct styles of freestyle stroke.
I'm not speaking for Jazz Hands but several elite swimmers have or had windmill style recoveries. Janet Evans, like many females, had a straight arm recovery. Stefan Nystrand and Fred Bousquet have essentially straight arm recoveries.
I agree it is generally agreed it is not "good from" but that doesn't make it wrong. I fail to see how it is less efficient nor more harmful to the shoulder. I do see that a straight arm recovery is more likely to produce a distruptive hand entry.
I'm not an advocate of a straight arm recovery. I work every day on a high elbow both above and below the water line. But I think a straight arm recover is in the range of acceptable or correct styles of freestyle stroke.
