I was watching a youtube multi-angle video of Phelps, and something really struck me. Aside from loping a bit, he had a half-catchup stroke on one side, but more of a rotary stroke on the other. It might be because he's breathing to the one side and takes extra time to get a good breath. I'm curious if any of you have similar asymmetry to your stroke. Here's the link, you'll see it best on the side view.
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Woah. I've been watching that video over and over the last few days and I noticed the same thing! Freaky-deaky. I just figured it's because of his constant breathing.
I also noticed he keeps his arm out there for a while before withdrawing it (is that loping? hm, nvm, it's not). And when he withdraws an arm, it slides underneath his lower torso. Of course, both of those things could be pretty elementary or automatic.
edit: the flipturn and backstroke videos of Phelps by that same submitter are excellent, as well.
Woah. I've been watching that video over and over the last few days and I noticed the same thing! Freaky-deaky. I just figured it's because of his constant breathing.
I also noticed he keeps his arm out there for a while before withdrawing it (is that loping? hm, nvm, it's not). And when he withdraws an arm, it slides underneath his lower torso. Of course, both of those things could be pretty elementary or automatic.
edit: the flipturn and backstroke videos of Phelps by that same submitter are excellent, as well.
