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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Left arm is straight, right arm is sometimes straight. It depends how fast I'm going: the faster the turnover, the straighter the arms.
Shoulder comes out first, I think.
You have to realize that this is the most I've thought of my stroke, probably ever. I'm a "do what feels right," instinctual type of swimmer, very much a dinosaur now in this high-tech, technique-oriented age. Spending hours on correct hand placement and the like would make me crazy. (I'm not saying this is a good attitude to have, just that it is mine.)
Will you be at Zones or N.C. state meet?
. Spending hours on correct hand placement and the like would make me crazy. (I'm not saying this is a good attitude to have, just that it is mine.)
That's what I got caught up in doing...now, my brain and body can't agree on what to do or what feels right the majority of the time...I use to swim with what felt right.
FWIW, and not really related to loping: That 2007 World Champs WR 200 Free is still my favorite individual Phelps race -- more than any of his Oly swims.
What Phelps does to PVDH on that third wall and last lap just shouldn't be possible. What do you think was going through PVDH's head coming out of the last turn as he watched Phelps rocket forward? He must have been dumfounded.
I just watched that video--AMAZING. It makes me want to try to make my stroke into a loping freestyle!!!!
I always thought that good technique made having a good-looking stroke and I guess I was wrong...when I get back in the pool I am going to swim ugly and fast :)
You mentioned no shoulder problems. Do you get any forearm fatigue? My left one gets tired and tight...no problems with the right one though
No, although as Karen mentions...
Chris--are your elbow pains from your free or your backstroke? Just curious.
I think they originate from weights. Swimming can aggravate it. It is not stroke specific, I feel it most at the catch when I use my forearms.
No shoulder problems so far!
You mentioned no shoulder problems. Do you get any forearm fatigue? My left one gets tired and tight...no problems with the right one though
