Fishtailing

RE: Fishtailing

Former Member — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:10:47 GMT

This is Julio. He made the Mexico Special Olympics team. When he first swam with me he was taking 2 minutes to swim a 100M crawl he is now down to 1 minute 10 secnds. He no longer fishtails and is very streamlined now. When I go back to Mexico I will get a new video. YouTube - Fish tailing

RE: Fishtailing

Former Member — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:42:39 GMT

Fishtailing is the most common fault and easiest one to correct. Caused mostly by either doing a cross over stroke or a wide underwater stroke. I usually take a few short videos and let the swimmer see what they are doing wrong. We can all say this is what causes it but when they see it then it is an easy self correct. Swimmy83843 yes I call it arm pit breathing it really causes fishtailing.

RE: Fishtailing

Former Member — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:23:25 GMT

among the kids that i coach; i notice this tendancy more among swimmers that are strong in the short axis strokes. i think for them it is a combination of A) wanting to feel a bend in the waist on every stroke cycle and B) crossing the center line with their hands on or shortly after entry.

RE: Fishtailing

orca1946 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:12:59 GMT

Sometimes a cross over kick will have this effect.

RE: Fishtailing

Former Member — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:31:44 GMT

I've also seen people that when they breath they drop their chin to their shoulder, moving their head out of the long axis, causing the hips to move in the opposite directions.

RE: Fishtailing

Allen Stark — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:49:24 GMT

The most common causes are entering your hand in front of your head instead of your shoulder and not rotating along your long axis enough.