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 saw some people can have very high elbow easily during recovery, without breaking the balance of their body. It would cause me over rotate. Do you think it is inborn or can be acquired through training/drills? It is shoulder flexibility isn't it? as a rule of thumb, whenever you worry about over rotation caused by high elbow recovery, just make sure your fingers stay near the surface during the recovery and you're fine.
I saw some people can have very high elbow easily during recovery, without breaking the balance of their body. It would cause me over rotate. Do you think it is inborn or can be acquired through training/drills? It is shoulder flexibility isn't it? as a rule of thumb, whenever you worry about over rotation caused by high elbow recovery, just make sure your fingers stay near the surface during the recovery and you're fine.
