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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Everything you do must be combined (a synergy).
The USA National Team bio mechanics guru used to have a test for this - they measured the strength / force of your kick, your pull and your combined stroke ( I think it was done in Newton, but may be wrong). Let's say the pull was 100 and the kick was measured at 20, the great swimmers would have a combined measure of 120 or more. But many would have something less - indicating that the combination of kick and pull was not a good synergy.
Everything you do must be combined (a synergy).
The USA National Team bio mechanics guru used to have a test for this - they measured the strength / force of your kick, your pull and your combined stroke ( I think it was done in Newton, but may be wrong). Let's say the pull was 100 and the kick was measured at 20, the great swimmers would have a combined measure of 120 or more. But many would have something less - indicating that the combination of kick and pull was not a good synergy.
