I am so disgusted--I've done the TI drills, had lessons, had swim team college kids give me tips, yet I still just can't seem to get the freestyle arm action right. Do you exactly move your arm in the recovery phase the same as you move it in the fingertip drag drills? Or do you do a wind up motion of your shoulder to bring the arm out of the water? No matter what I try, I am so pathetically slow--more often than not, I am feeling like it is all wrong. I am a good breakstroker and decent flyer, and great backstroker, but geez, I need to be able to do the free - I swim about 12 miles a week. Any tips are sooooo appreciated.:bow:
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I have come to enjoy the bilateral breathing thing. It helps me stay balanced and go faster while getting enough oxygen. If I'm doing more than 100 yards, I do that weird 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 pattern.
My recovery is like a hybrid of straight arm and relaxed. I don't really worry about it too much--I just let my arm do what it wants to do. I find that if I focus on the recovery, I'll get lazy with something else, and whatever benefit I get out of the recovery doesn't help.
I have come to enjoy the bilateral breathing thing. It helps me stay balanced and go faster while getting enough oxygen. If I'm doing more than 100 yards, I do that weird 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 pattern.
My recovery is like a hybrid of straight arm and relaxed. I don't really worry about it too much--I just let my arm do what it wants to do. I find that if I focus on the recovery, I'll get lazy with something else, and whatever benefit I get out of the recovery doesn't help.
