It seems like I do better in fly if I make an effort to ride high in the water. Sometimes I try to convert all of my pull into forward motion and I feel like I am sinking and my body is too low in the water.
Should a good part of the pull be used to regain height in the water? Is this the primary function of the pull? Does most of the forward gain come from the recovery portion with high hips rather than the pull?
Still trying to figure this stroke out.
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A mental image I like to entertain is of an athlete in flight attempting to clear the bar using a Fosbury Flop. The athlete keeps as much of his body below the height of the bar and just arches parts of the body up in sequence with a rolling motion as they cross the bar. While the objectives for swimming fly and high-jumping are quite different, the mechanisms appear to have some parallels using center of gravity and balance.
A mental image I like to entertain is of an athlete in flight attempting to clear the bar using a Fosbury Flop. The athlete keeps as much of his body below the height of the bar and just arches parts of the body up in sequence with a rolling motion as they cross the bar. While the objectives for swimming fly and high-jumping are quite different, the mechanisms appear to have some parallels using center of gravity and balance.
