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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Hip driven front crawl swimming is a concept I never really understood. I guess it's just a way of thinking.. I donno. I guess it's a matter of taste.
For me, it has always been shoulder driven. The hips are just between the shoulders and the legs. They follow but don't drive anything. I do not think about hips, and don't feel any need to think about them.
However, I know very respectable swim coaches who strongly believe in this hip thing so.... I respect this.
I can understand why thinking hip driven has a detrimental impact on your performances over really short distances. It probably takes some of the important focus away from the upper body (working muscles) down to the hips (:confused:)... nahhh really. No matter how hard I try, I can not understand this concept.
Hip driven front crawl swimming is a concept I never really understood. I guess it's just a way of thinking.. I donno. I guess it's a matter of taste.
For me, it has always been shoulder driven. The hips are just between the shoulders and the legs. They follow but don't drive anything. I do not think about hips, and don't feel any need to think about them.
However, I know very respectable swim coaches who strongly believe in this hip thing so.... I respect this.
I can understand why thinking hip driven has a detrimental impact on your performances over really short distances. It probably takes some of the important focus away from the upper body (working muscles) down to the hips (:confused:)... nahhh really. No matter how hard I try, I can not understand this concept.
