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.
Rotation is intitated thru your core not as an extension of the kick.
I completely agree. I didn't mean one should focus on kick to achieve rotation, just that I don't think you can or should disregard the kick's effect on the pull.
You should be able to do single arm back drills with virtually no kick and focusing on that type of rotation to incease DPS.
I also really like this type of drill for focusing on good rotation. If you don't get your shoulder and hand where they need to be at the catch, you just will not go anywhere.
also the stroke has flattened out. so, the best are currently swimming backstroke with less emphasis on rotation
I think it must take a lot of shoulder flexibility to do it this way, though. I know the only way I can swim backstroke without tweaking my shoulders is with a strong rotation.
Rotation is intitated thru your core not as an extension of the kick.
I completely agree. I didn't mean one should focus on kick to achieve rotation, just that I don't think you can or should disregard the kick's effect on the pull.
You should be able to do single arm back drills with virtually no kick and focusing on that type of rotation to incease DPS.
I also really like this type of drill for focusing on good rotation. If you don't get your shoulder and hand where they need to be at the catch, you just will not go anywhere.
also the stroke has flattened out. so, the best are currently swimming backstroke with less emphasis on rotation
I think it must take a lot of shoulder flexibility to do it this way, though. I know the only way I can swim backstroke without tweaking my shoulders is with a strong rotation.
