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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Former Member
the over-emphasis of the breathing arm and under-emphasis of the non-breathing arm may lead to loping in some swimmers, but that is neither the norm nor a good habit. the reason why new learners of freestyle over-emphasize the breathing side and under-emphasize the non-breathing side is because of a fear of lack of breath. by practicing such a habit, one maximizes breathing time and minimizes non-breathing time. the loping effect comes about from the guilty-feeling swimmer trying to, literally, make up for the lost time caused by the excess time spent breathing. as one might imagine, this only manifests in competitive swimmers, and non-competitive swimmers, without intervention, continue to devolve their strokes until, in some of the more extreme cases, the swimmer ends up doggy-paddling with the non-breathing side and windmilling on the breathing side. loping is a good result that has been formulated from a bad habit. we should observe the effect and incorporate it into better habits.
--Sean
the over-emphasis of the breathing arm and under-emphasis of the non-breathing arm may lead to loping in some swimmers, but that is neither the norm nor a good habit. the reason why new learners of freestyle over-emphasize the breathing side and under-emphasize the non-breathing side is because of a fear of lack of breath. by practicing such a habit, one maximizes breathing time and minimizes non-breathing time. the loping effect comes about from the guilty-feeling swimmer trying to, literally, make up for the lost time caused by the excess time spent breathing. as one might imagine, this only manifests in competitive swimmers, and non-competitive swimmers, without intervention, continue to devolve their strokes until, in some of the more extreme cases, the swimmer ends up doggy-paddling with the non-breathing side and windmilling on the breathing side. loping is a good result that has been formulated from a bad habit. we should observe the effect and incorporate it into better habits.
--Sean
