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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So...kick-only practicing is not important (I know it's not what you think)
I guess it depends for who.
Some sprinters really have a stroke built upon kicking. I remember a 50m specialist (couldn't swim a 100, I think he was worth 59) who's main preparation for a 50m (believe it or not) was some gym work (very very heavy leg press sets, lat pulldown etc), sculling and endless kick sets in the pool. He came very close to go under 23sec SCM (for a Varsity level swimmer), working as a swim instructor and basically training few weeks into provincials (qualifier for nationals) and nationals.
I also remember this master swimmer with a belly. Not a former elite swimmer, just the ordinary working man who swam for fun. His thing was kick sets. He could do 1:25 100m routinely. The kind of guy that if you'd write 30x100kick off 2min on the board, he'd be grateful. His 100m Free SCM was under the minute (no previous background in swimming), mostly based on huge kick and incredibly slow stroke rate (long distance per stroke supported by the double-V8 kicking engine).
So...kick-only practicing is not important (I know it's not what you think)
I guess it depends for who.
Some sprinters really have a stroke built upon kicking. I remember a 50m specialist (couldn't swim a 100, I think he was worth 59) who's main preparation for a 50m (believe it or not) was some gym work (very very heavy leg press sets, lat pulldown etc), sculling and endless kick sets in the pool. He came very close to go under 23sec SCM (for a Varsity level swimmer), working as a swim instructor and basically training few weeks into provincials (qualifier for nationals) and nationals.
I also remember this master swimmer with a belly. Not a former elite swimmer, just the ordinary working man who swam for fun. His thing was kick sets. He could do 1:25 100m routinely. The kind of guy that if you'd write 30x100kick off 2min on the board, he'd be grateful. His 100m Free SCM was under the minute (no previous background in swimming), mostly based on huge kick and incredibly slow stroke rate (long distance per stroke supported by the double-V8 kicking engine).
