I posted a couple weeks ago about keeping my legs horizontal and I am getting better by swimming down hill, pressure on chest and arm pits and reaching out in front of me.
I have been taught or learned to finish my stroke all the way by my thigh for a full stroke. I realized my palm at the end was really pushing the water up and thus pushing my legs down.
I recently borrowed from my coach at DVD by Richard Quick ( Stanford U ) where he showed to finish by putting the arm in the saddle ( his words ) and finish his stroke by putting the arm across your naval or stomach.
He also indicates the last 30 % of the stroke after you hand passes chest ( stermum) is not not very important.
Comments any one ? Where should my hand stop and start recovery ?
Thanks Bob
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The drag force is kept more constant by applying lift forces or movements that go away and toward the midline of the body. For you see, applying force directly backward creates a vortex behind the hand that reduce its drag potential. I know this sounds complicated and I guess it is, but you need to know that your pulling pattern is extremely important to speed. If you can improve your pulling pattern by making it a little more efficient you will swim faster. Good luck Coach T.
Tom, could you elaborate on this. Do you mean then that you should pull in and 's' pattern? I feel exactly that 'vortex' you are talking about when I swim at high speed. It feels like I am losing purchase on the water and with that comes a resultant loss in power.
The drag force is kept more constant by applying lift forces or movements that go away and toward the midline of the body. For you see, applying force directly backward creates a vortex behind the hand that reduce its drag potential. I know this sounds complicated and I guess it is, but you need to know that your pulling pattern is extremely important to speed. If you can improve your pulling pattern by making it a little more efficient you will swim faster. Good luck Coach T.
Tom, could you elaborate on this. Do you mean then that you should pull in and 's' pattern? I feel exactly that 'vortex' you are talking about when I swim at high speed. It feels like I am losing purchase on the water and with that comes a resultant loss in power.
