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 would suggest the s-stroke, as it is a bit easier on the shoulders.
The classic I-stroke, by aussie like thorpe, is very shoulders friendly, done with good technique is easy on the shoulder better that s-shape type.
You pull with the lats nearly all the time, there's no change of directions, the upper arm move in an arc-type trajectory that it's the more natural for the shoulders.
The key is the patience at the start to position the arm before to start the pull.
If you force the EVF too early for you you're looking for trouble for sure.
Regular exercise for RC is a must for whatever style of pull.
The classic I-stroke require a 90 degrees angle between the lower and the upper arm.
There're a lot of different variants of I-stroke, the more your hands go deep in the water( elbow deeper, 90+ degrees) more strain you put in your shoulder and less use of lats.
I would suggest the s-stroke, as it is a bit easier on the shoulders.
The classic I-stroke, by aussie like thorpe, is very shoulders friendly, done with good technique is easy on the shoulder better that s-shape type.
You pull with the lats nearly all the time, there's no change of directions, the upper arm move in an arc-type trajectory that it's the more natural for the shoulders.
The key is the patience at the start to position the arm before to start the pull.
If you force the EVF too early for you you're looking for trouble for sure.
Regular exercise for RC is a must for whatever style of pull.
The classic I-stroke require a 90 degrees angle between the lower and the upper arm.
There're a lot of different variants of I-stroke, the more your hands go deep in the water( elbow deeper, 90+ degrees) more strain you put in your shoulder and less use of lats.
