Correcting My Freestyle: Going from an S-Pull to an I-Pull

changing is difficult is really it worth it? only do it if you'll swim faster or avoid injury The only way to change is by Concentrating and correctly doing the new technique until it sticks when ever your concentration lapses you stop doing the the new technique and revert back to your old imbedded habit Can you all recommend drills? This is going to be a big change to make!

Yeah, it is definitely going to be tough. I am just trying to go faster!

Maybe alternating slow sets of repeat 100's with paddles and then faster 100's without paddles will help imprint the catch and pull you are looking for.

OK. I'll bite . How much difference is the I over the S? I would think that you would want more water that ids not moving than a more of a straight line pull. Am I incorrect?

Good luck with changing your stroke. For me, the hardest part was my catch. I had to do a lot of one-arm drills while kicking on my side to really work on keeping my elbows high during the catch. What part of the change are you having the most difficulty with?

And today was MUCH better than yesterday. I rarely slippped and went faster with not as much effort! Ande, the concentration tip was spot on. :bliss:

this past week i spent between 3 and 5 hours a day swimming in salt water. first time ever i have had zero chaffing of the armpits without the application of bag balm or body glide. i have made a conscious effort to keep space in my pits (high elbow, EVF or whatever you might call it) over prolonged periods.

Point about semantics... You're not "correcting" your freestyle technique by going to an I-pull. You're adopting a new technique. There's nothing "wrong" w/ the S-pull, per se. Like I said... semantics. But it's important in this issue b/c of what Ande said: is there really a need to change? I would think that this technique is not recommend for novices b/c I think it's important to swim a variety of distances and variety of strokes. Isn't the I-pull technique only good for 50 free and *maybe* 100?? I'm not a sprinter, so I do not know.

WOW. I just got called a swimming novice. Not quite, but thanks for playing.

OK. I'll bite . How much difference is the I over the S? I would think that you would want more water that ids not moving than a more of a straight line pull. Am I incorrect? That is definitely part of it. I find that by concentrating on the I, I am catching and moving more water. It might just be concentrating on the stroke and making the appropriate adjustments.