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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Shoulder driven is said to be more of sprinters stroke. Think of it as a different gear.
Hip driven is how they said Ian Thorpe swam. More of a middle distance style where a long extended arm ans some hip rotation would make him stealthier in the water. When he sprinted though...it was all out shoulders.
These videos explain it much better. www.theraceclub.net/Videos
Honest, I looked at these videos quite a few times and couldn't tell the difference in strokes. Partly that's because the videos showed mostly hands and feet but rarely showed shoulders and hips, and almost never showed shoulders and hips at the same time.
I'm a bit of a simpleton, though, so how about this guy?:
http://swimsmooth.com/
Is his stroke hip-driven or shoulder-driven, and how can you tell? (I'm not being sarcastic - just trying to understand the discussion.)
Shoulder driven is said to be more of sprinters stroke. Think of it as a different gear.
Hip driven is how they said Ian Thorpe swam. More of a middle distance style where a long extended arm ans some hip rotation would make him stealthier in the water. When he sprinted though...it was all out shoulders.
These videos explain it much better. www.theraceclub.net/Videos
Honest, I looked at these videos quite a few times and couldn't tell the difference in strokes. Partly that's because the videos showed mostly hands and feet but rarely showed shoulders and hips, and almost never showed shoulders and hips at the same time.
I'm a bit of a simpleton, though, so how about this guy?:
http://swimsmooth.com/
Is his stroke hip-driven or shoulder-driven, and how can you tell? (I'm not being sarcastic - just trying to understand the discussion.)
