Reaching "down" on freestyle

Today one of my teammates, probably the fastest swimmer on our team, was telling me that I should think of aiming my hands toward the bottom of the opposite end of the pool rather than of reaching forward before catching. When I watched him swim, it still looked like he was extending forward, so I'm not sure if the move is just subtle or "a feeling" or if it is really a change of arm angle. When I tried to reach down, I felt like I wasn't getting full extension, but he said it looked better. I don't want to go through what feels like a fundamental stroke change unless I'm sure I understand what I'm supposed to be doing. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks!
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    That is probably the worst video to watch of Sullivan I would like to see a really good one of his swimming. That is a slowed down sped up one that Lindsay worked on to produce it. We have trouble of getting a good video of his swimming. What we see in that video is fiction repeated and repeated. Just for clarity, as it says in the text description next to the video it is a short clip repeated three times, once at normal speed, once at half speed and once at quarter speed. No part of the video is sped up. I am unsure what you mean by "fiction" as it is video from one of his WR setting races. I guess it is the worst video of Sullivan in the same sense that democracy is the worst form of government, i.e. except for all the others. :rolleyes:
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  • Former Member
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    That is probably the worst video to watch of Sullivan I would like to see a really good one of his swimming. That is a slowed down sped up one that Lindsay worked on to produce it. We have trouble of getting a good video of his swimming. What we see in that video is fiction repeated and repeated. Just for clarity, as it says in the text description next to the video it is a short clip repeated three times, once at normal speed, once at half speed and once at quarter speed. No part of the video is sped up. I am unsure what you mean by "fiction" as it is video from one of his WR setting races. I guess it is the worst video of Sullivan in the same sense that democracy is the worst form of government, i.e. except for all the others. :rolleyes:
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