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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Not so, although it can appear that way. Swimming with 'core rotation' as opposed to swimming a bit more flat is the primary difference between the two styles.
Gary Hall Sr. wrote a very good article on "swimming with your body". www.theraceclub.net/.../swimming-with-your-body.html
key point in this article I find is the recommendation for one-arm drill. When done with the other arm along side the body, this drill will get anyone to rotate correctly, whether from the hips or shoulders.
Here's one of my favorite progression to develop good sprinting technique. It involves kicking no board with full 6beat pattern, (bilateral) breathing etc. That's freestyle without the arms basically, followed with some 1 arm drill. Kid on the clip is 15yo, worth 1:53.5 over 200m SCM
YouTube - Freestyle 6beat kicking to 1arm progression
Not so, although it can appear that way. Swimming with 'core rotation' as opposed to swimming a bit more flat is the primary difference between the two styles.
Gary Hall Sr. wrote a very good article on "swimming with your body". www.theraceclub.net/.../swimming-with-your-body.html
key point in this article I find is the recommendation for one-arm drill. When done with the other arm along side the body, this drill will get anyone to rotate correctly, whether from the hips or shoulders.
Here's one of my favorite progression to develop good sprinting technique. It involves kicking no board with full 6beat pattern, (bilateral) breathing etc. That's freestyle without the arms basically, followed with some 1 arm drill. Kid on the clip is 15yo, worth 1:53.5 over 200m SCM
YouTube - Freestyle 6beat kicking to 1arm progression
