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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I thought the correct way was for the shoulders to follow the hips. In other words, the hips will initiate the rotation and the shoulders will be a fraction of a second behind. Perhaps this is what is meant by hip driven freestyle. But it is a bit of a misnomer because the term 'hip driven' suggests that the hips are the primary driving force behind the action. Perhaps it would be better if it were called 'hip initiated' freestyle.
I thought the correct way was for the shoulders to follow the hips. In other words, the hips will initiate the rotation and the shoulders will be a fraction of a second behind. Perhaps this is what is meant by hip driven freestyle. But it is a bit of a misnomer because the term 'hip driven' suggests that the hips are the primary driving force behind the action. Perhaps it would be better if it were called 'hip initiated' freestyle.
