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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I am a high elbow recoverer. To get the feel for what happens you can stand in front of the bathroom sink, bend over slightly and press your hand against the side of the sink as if it were in the catch position and press against the sink. Take your opposite arm and go through the high elbow recovery motion, you can feel the transfer of power to the hand tha is in the sink.
If you use a strait arm recovery you will not feel all of the muscles and tendons coming into action, interacting as they do in the high elbow recovery.
I am a high elbow recoverer. To get the feel for what happens you can stand in front of the bathroom sink, bend over slightly and press your hand against the side of the sink as if it were in the catch position and press against the sink. Take your opposite arm and go through the high elbow recovery motion, you can feel the transfer of power to the hand tha is in the sink.
If you use a strait arm recovery you will not feel all of the muscles and tendons coming into action, interacting as they do in the high elbow recovery.
