I come away with a lot of great stuff from clinics. Here's one that was a eye opener. A vessel (swimmer's body, legs) that doubles it's depth requires eight times the force to maintain the same velocity. So, big kicks vs. small kicks, a low body position vs. one that's up, makes a difference. I'm sure you guys knew that but I thought the 8x thing was great.
I come away with a lot of great stuff from clinics. Here's one that was a eye opener. A vessel (swimmer's body, legs) that doubles it's depth requires eight times the force to maintain the same velocity. So, big kicks vs. small kicks, a low body position vs. one that's up, makes a difference. I'm sure you guys knew that but I thought the 8x thing was great.
That is curious. I see the legs dragging quite a bit with other swimmers where I swim, some to the point where their feet are mid-point between the surface of the water and the bottom of the pool. Seems correcting that could make a huge difference. I'll have times where my lower half feels "more correct" and higher in the water and the swimming feels much faster and almost with less effort. Got to keep working on it though.
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I come away with a lot of great stuff from clinics. Here's one that was a eye opener. A vessel (swimmer's body, legs) that doubles it's depth requires eight times the force to maintain the same velocity. So, big kicks vs. small kicks, a low body position vs. one that's up, makes a difference. I'm sure you guys knew that but I thought the 8x thing was great.
That is curious. I see the legs dragging quite a bit with other swimmers where I swim, some to the point where their feet are mid-point between the surface of the water and the bottom of the pool. Seems correcting that could make a huge difference. I'll have times where my lower half feels "more correct" and higher in the water and the swimming feels much faster and almost with less effort. Got to keep working on it though.
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