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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Instead of comparing different Olympic-level swimmers, how about comparing them to a run-of-the-mill palooka that you see thrashing :drown: during lap swims? In the majority of the cases I see, the legs/hips and upper body seem to act independently of each other. I wonder if "hip-driven" just means coordinating the entire body during the swim.
I like looking at bad swimmers to figure out how to make good swimmers better. The deficits seem to be universal; almost all bad swimmers have the same technique!
I think you're right about coordination. It has to do with rigidity. Being hip-focused, mentally, means being stiff enough to rotate as a unit.
Instead of comparing different Olympic-level swimmers, how about comparing them to a run-of-the-mill palooka that you see thrashing :drown: during lap swims? In the majority of the cases I see, the legs/hips and upper body seem to act independently of each other. I wonder if "hip-driven" just means coordinating the entire body during the swim.
I like looking at bad swimmers to figure out how to make good swimmers better. The deficits seem to be universal; almost all bad swimmers have the same technique!
I think you're right about coordination. It has to do with rigidity. Being hip-focused, mentally, means being stiff enough to rotate as a unit.
