Can someone point to a link that has good description/pix of how to do EVF (early vertical forearm)?
I have recently been changing my "short" distance stroke (for OW races of less than about 75 minutes) to have more EVF and it really seems to be working very well - it blends nicely with the TI portion of my stroke as long as I don't daydream. However, I don't have access to a coach and so I am making it up or just going on impressions at this point. I've seen some of the Olympic swimmers, of course, but they are in a very different category WRT ability than I.
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LBJ
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I would be also interested in a good description of EVF.
I have found this description of effiecient, winning stroke which I assume is closely related to EVF. Now if somebody could translate this into language understood by an average recreational swimmer.
www.staps.uhp-nancy.fr/.../crawl_stroke.htm
"The efficiency of Thorpe's stroke lies in his ability to get into the medial rotated position with elbow flexion while the arm is still fully abducted and the shoulder girdle is elevated (the position an eager child uses when he raises his hand to answer a teacher's question) and before the am begins its forceful adduction movement."
No pictures, however, there are many youtube clips with Thorpe et al:
YouTube - Thorpe vs Van den Hoogenband
The problem, to me, is to understand and incorporate into stroke not only kinematics (movement, trajectory), but also transient dynamics (acceleration, force) and corresponding complex muscle work, body positioning and balance etc.
I would be also interested in a good description of EVF.
I have found this description of effiecient, winning stroke which I assume is closely related to EVF. Now if somebody could translate this into language understood by an average recreational swimmer.
www.staps.uhp-nancy.fr/.../crawl_stroke.htm
"The efficiency of Thorpe's stroke lies in his ability to get into the medial rotated position with elbow flexion while the arm is still fully abducted and the shoulder girdle is elevated (the position an eager child uses when he raises his hand to answer a teacher's question) and before the am begins its forceful adduction movement."
No pictures, however, there are many youtube clips with Thorpe et al:
YouTube - Thorpe vs Van den Hoogenband
The problem, to me, is to understand and incorporate into stroke not only kinematics (movement, trajectory), but also transient dynamics (acceleration, force) and corresponding complex muscle work, body positioning and balance etc.
