One of my teammates gets private lessons from another coach, and he said they have been working on a "deep catch" for his freestyle. At a recent meet, I heard another guy talking about the same thing. What exactly does this mean? I want to know if I already do it or if it is something to work on. Thanks!
Every swimmer needs to extend their arms and at that point of extension an EVF comes sooner with a bent arm and later with a straight arm but neither world class swimmer drops their elbow (the opposite of an EVF).
Right. The bottom line is you want your fingers pointed at the bottom of the pool for as long in the pull cycle as possible. I think the main reason sprinters like Bernard prefer a straighter arm pull as opposed to the style seen in the video of Hackett is they don't want to slow their arms down. They want to keep the momentum going.They might be sacrificing some pulling power in the front part of the stroke, but they are making up for this in increased turnover rate.
Every swimmer needs to extend their arms and at that point of extension an EVF comes sooner with a bent arm and later with a straight arm but neither world class swimmer drops their elbow (the opposite of an EVF).
Right. The bottom line is you want your fingers pointed at the bottom of the pool for as long in the pull cycle as possible. I think the main reason sprinters like Bernard prefer a straighter arm pull as opposed to the style seen in the video of Hackett is they don't want to slow their arms down. They want to keep the momentum going.They might be sacrificing some pulling power in the front part of the stroke, but they are making up for this in increased turnover rate.
