I find it much harder to reduce the stroke per length in backstroke than in free. In free, you can glide a long distance in each stroke, but not so in backstroke. What should I work on, the pull, or the kick, or the coordination of the hand and leg? Appreciate any comments.
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No. Watch some video of great backstrokers. You will see in the underwater shots how the forearm and upper arm are at about 90 degrees through the middle range of the pull. But their two arms are nearly in opposition to one another, with one entering the water just about as the other is leaving it.
Oh, just realized I mistook your "upper arm" to mean the other arm that is above ("upper")!
Confusions can arise when using words "above" and "below" when talking about the body lying in horizontal position. It could mean the absolute position (above = higher in space), or it could mean the relative position on one's body when standing upright. Now I think that by "until the upper arm gets below the shoulder" you probably mean until the upper arm (of the side that's making the pull) gets more closer to the foot than the shoulder ("below" the shoulder if standing upright). Did I get it this time?
No. Watch some video of great backstrokers. You will see in the underwater shots how the forearm and upper arm are at about 90 degrees through the middle range of the pull. But their two arms are nearly in opposition to one another, with one entering the water just about as the other is leaving it.
Oh, just realized I mistook your "upper arm" to mean the other arm that is above ("upper")!
Confusions can arise when using words "above" and "below" when talking about the body lying in horizontal position. It could mean the absolute position (above = higher in space), or it could mean the relative position on one's body when standing upright. Now I think that by "until the upper arm gets below the shoulder" you probably mean until the upper arm (of the side that's making the pull) gets more closer to the foot than the shoulder ("below" the shoulder if standing upright). Did I get it this time?
