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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The "I" stroke in my eyes puts everything that Doc Councillman talked about in the "S" stroke into play. The "S" motion he talked about because of shoudler rotation is still done. But it now appears to be an straight line when under water. I have had a bout of montezuma's revenge, when I am feeling a little better I will get in the water and make some videos and show you what I mean. Wide elbows I do not mind but wide hands to me are a no no. Yet it appears a couple of swimmers also use wide hands.
Mazzy I do understand what you are saying. The go swim video is one I have sent to many but if you look closely she has more of an old school "S" stroke. when she wears the paddles it is more like an "I" stroke. What is this old guy doing hands in elbows out oregonmasters.ning.com/.../show
The "I" stroke in my eyes puts everything that Doc Councillman talked about in the "S" stroke into play. The "S" motion he talked about because of shoudler rotation is still done. But it now appears to be an straight line when under water. I have had a bout of montezuma's revenge, when I am feeling a little better I will get in the water and make some videos and show you what I mean. Wide elbows I do not mind but wide hands to me are a no no. Yet it appears a couple of swimmers also use wide hands.
Mazzy I do understand what you are saying. The go swim video is one I have sent to many but if you look closely she has more of an old school "S" stroke. when she wears the paddles it is more like an "I" stroke. What is this old guy doing hands in elbows out oregonmasters.ning.com/.../show
