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 didn't realize there was a specific I-type of stroke. I just assumed that was a variant of the s-stroke that he does, considering he does change directions with his hand when he gets to his lower torso, since he is still swimming under his body as opposed to out to the side. Watch videos of him swimming front the front, and it's fairly easy to see this. If you want to call this the I-stroke (never heard of that), then that would be good for someone who wants to compete but wants to save some strain on his shoulders.
I didn't realize there was a specific I-type of stroke. I just assumed that was a variant of the s-stroke that he does, considering he does change directions with his hand when he gets to his lower torso, since he is still swimming under his body as opposed to out to the side. Watch videos of him swimming front the front, and it's fairly easy to see this. If you want to call this the I-stroke (never heard of that), then that would be good for someone who wants to compete but wants to save some strain on his shoulders.
