I believe the arm recovery may be the most important part of the swim stroke in front crawl. It is to me similar to a 12 volt power inverter converting power to 110 volts. The action above the water is what produces the power of the stroke underwater.
In 1958 I started writing a book titled Power Swimming from the Start I did not complete this book and it is still unfinished and probably will never be finished. It was one of the concepts I had written about.
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Glad you post this thread, as I have just recently found that shifting my focus on the recovery arm (providing the lever, as you say) from the earlier focus on pulling has done me much good. Pulling and kicking hard made me exhausted easily, but focusing on recovery makes the swims much more efficient and much less tiring. I also understand better why high elbow is desirable. Energy conversion?
Glad you post this thread, as I have just recently found that shifting my focus on the recovery arm (providing the lever, as you say) from the earlier focus on pulling has done me much good. Pulling and kicking hard made me exhausted easily, but focusing on recovery makes the swims much more efficient and much less tiring. I also understand better why high elbow is desirable. Energy conversion?
