I have been trying hard to correct the lack of symmetry in my backstroke. In trying to correct it I swim slowlier. Then I saw this:
www.youtube.com/watch
At :41-:44 and 1:07-1:12 it's so obvious he was far from being symmetric. Would he have been better off if he corrected that?
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Have you checked your kicks? In my case, my kicks are not symmetrical. I can kick one leg with full force and good coordination with the opposite arm, but when it's the other leg's turn to kick, I find myself quickly making adjustment so that I still kick with the first leg (the wrong one) because I'm so used to that one and not this one! The result is that when I swim asymmetrically I'm better off because I kick the way I am used to--even though wrong; but when I try to correct it and kick the two legs evenly, I'm can only do well on one side and not the other, and the arms don't pick up, either, so I slow down.
So it seems to come down to this:
Is it better to swim the way you are used to, even if not so symmetrical, or to correct the asymmetry and swim in perfect position? Ideally we should correct and then get used to it. But the video above shows that maybe you don't need to correct it even for the Olympics? :confused:
And by the way, yes, the great swimmers make swimming look so graceful and easy!:rolleyes:
Have you checked your kicks? In my case, my kicks are not symmetrical. I can kick one leg with full force and good coordination with the opposite arm, but when it's the other leg's turn to kick, I find myself quickly making adjustment so that I still kick with the first leg (the wrong one) because I'm so used to that one and not this one! The result is that when I swim asymmetrically I'm better off because I kick the way I am used to--even though wrong; but when I try to correct it and kick the two legs evenly, I'm can only do well on one side and not the other, and the arms don't pick up, either, so I slow down.
So it seems to come down to this:
Is it better to swim the way you are used to, even if not so symmetrical, or to correct the asymmetry and swim in perfect position? Ideally we should correct and then get used to it. But the video above shows that maybe you don't need to correct it even for the Olympics? :confused:
And by the way, yes, the great swimmers make swimming look so graceful and easy!:rolleyes:
