I asked this question under workouts and got no response. hopefully better luck here.
When counting strokes where do you count from? Are you counting 1 arm? or is each arm rotation counted? If I count each arm rotation it takes my 16 strokes to cover 25 yds. What should a typical stroke count be?
I was coaching a new swimmers NOVA 101 clinic with our head coach Mike Collins when this exact question came up.
He explained that it is a good practice to count each stroke. It helps create the rhythym for the "weight shift" of the body rotation and stroke.
It caught me by surprise because I always used to count my right arm strokes and double it. Obviously I am not attached to exact stroke counts...
Even though I did make many radical and very good changes to my freestyle under the direct eye of Terry Laughlin.
Try to feel the rhythym (and weight shift) by counting each stroke... it works!
I was coaching a new swimmers NOVA 101 clinic with our head coach Mike Collins when this exact question came up.
He explained that it is a good practice to count each stroke. It helps create the rhythym for the "weight shift" of the body rotation and stroke.
It caught me by surprise because I always used to count my right arm strokes and double it. Obviously I am not attached to exact stroke counts...
Even though I did make many radical and very good changes to my freestyle under the direct eye of Terry Laughlin.
Try to feel the rhythym (and weight shift) by counting each stroke... it works!
