Hip driven or shoulder driven? The reason I ask is that I'm a shoulder driven sprinter but have a more hip driven stroke in the 200.
I've been trying to find some speed from a hip driven stroke but so far have just not been able to come close (24.3 scy hip driven vs 23.1 shoulder driven). Is one inherently better than the other? If so, why?
Can one utilize both techniques depending on the race? Is it possible to have an effective shoulder driven sprint stroke and an effective hip driven distance stroke?
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The lower part of the body ads only a minor part to swimming.
See - to each his own ... this makes me laugh :D
I would not want to swim without my kick, since it's my engine.
You can try both - but I am not sure you can be good at both. I am guessing your hip driven stroke is close to catch up and your turnover is too low for a sprint ?
Try to get your turnover up - in the hip driven stroke, many swimmers allow the kick to slow down the turnover. Work on shortening the kick a little bit (vertical kicks) / work with a tempo trainer / and do kick swim or swim to kick sprints (10yards kick sprint right into 15 yards swim sprint and reverse)
The lower part of the body ads only a minor part to swimming.
See - to each his own ... this makes me laugh :D
I would not want to swim without my kick, since it's my engine.
You can try both - but I am not sure you can be good at both. I am guessing your hip driven stroke is close to catch up and your turnover is too low for a sprint ?
Try to get your turnover up - in the hip driven stroke, many swimmers allow the kick to slow down the turnover. Work on shortening the kick a little bit (vertical kicks) / work with a tempo trainer / and do kick swim or swim to kick sprints (10yards kick sprint right into 15 yards swim sprint and reverse)
