Any old dogs out there trying new tricks? Any younger generation masters swimmers swimming this way?
www.goswim.tv/.../freestyle---loper-drill.html
"In watching the Olympics, we can't help but notice the impact that "lopers" are having in freestyle. While high-rate freestylers and straight-arm freestylers have been getting the most attention this year for the speeds they've achieved, lopers are certainly making a HUGE impact."
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Pretty it ain't; Mark Gill usually describes it as a train wreck. I certainly don't think anyone should emulate it, but all the elements of it (straight arm recovery, loping, dolphin kick) are things I see much more routinely in other people's freestyle nowadays than 20 years ago.
Last time I checked, no one gets points for being pretty...just fast. Couple of questions. You do a straight arm recovery? Totally straight or slight bend? How does this effect your distance swimming/training?
Second, on the recovery, does your shoulder rotate out first from the water, then the rest of the arm follow, like in backstroke? I think I have been trying to my arm out of the water, without getting the shoulder to roll first, to provide an easier path for the rest of the arm.
Pretty it ain't; Mark Gill usually describes it as a train wreck. I certainly don't think anyone should emulate it, but all the elements of it (straight arm recovery, loping, dolphin kick) are things I see much more routinely in other people's freestyle nowadays than 20 years ago.
Last time I checked, no one gets points for being pretty...just fast. Couple of questions. You do a straight arm recovery? Totally straight or slight bend? How does this effect your distance swimming/training?
Second, on the recovery, does your shoulder rotate out first from the water, then the rest of the arm follow, like in backstroke? I think I have been trying to my arm out of the water, without getting the shoulder to roll first, to provide an easier path for the rest of the arm.
