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 just like to know the top to bottom about all things swimming. since you don't appear to have read it, let me offer you the bullet points:
A) Eamon Sullivan has more of a sidearm swing than a windmill. You said he had a windmill.
B) Andrew is not a big fan of the straight arm recovery, but he will tolerate it so long as it doesn't screw up Eamon's times.
C) It's not good for the shoulder to move like that.
D) It might, but does not necessarily if done correctly, create more drag.
E) It may or may not effect buoyancy.
F) It takes longer to complete the overarm recovery, but, again, he's OK with it so long as it doesn't affect Eamon's timing.
G) The sloppier entry caused by a sidearm approach likely create a detriment that outweighs any benefit offered by such recovery.
I read the article you offered in your edit, and it seems that it helps improve tempo problems in a stroke and encourages proper hip rotation at the right junctures. The article is helpful in understanding why we see it occasionally at the elite levels. Based on the article, I might consider straight-arm recovery as a teaching aid, or a drill, but not a stroke. It still seems to me that a bent-arm recovery could also have proper tempo and hip rotation while at the same time not having any of the drawbacks of straight-arm recovery.
--Sean
i just like to know the top to bottom about all things swimming. since you don't appear to have read it, let me offer you the bullet points:
A) Eamon Sullivan has more of a sidearm swing than a windmill. You said he had a windmill.
B) Andrew is not a big fan of the straight arm recovery, but he will tolerate it so long as it doesn't screw up Eamon's times.
C) It's not good for the shoulder to move like that.
D) It might, but does not necessarily if done correctly, create more drag.
E) It may or may not effect buoyancy.
F) It takes longer to complete the overarm recovery, but, again, he's OK with it so long as it doesn't affect Eamon's timing.
G) The sloppier entry caused by a sidearm approach likely create a detriment that outweighs any benefit offered by such recovery.
I read the article you offered in your edit, and it seems that it helps improve tempo problems in a stroke and encourages proper hip rotation at the right junctures. The article is helpful in understanding why we see it occasionally at the elite levels. Based on the article, I might consider straight-arm recovery as a teaching aid, or a drill, but not a stroke. It still seems to me that a bent-arm recovery could also have proper tempo and hip rotation while at the same time not having any of the drawbacks of straight-arm recovery.
--Sean
