I don't understand the following comments:
1. "Too many swimmers focus on pushing their hand back at the end of the stroke, which just delays getting it back to the power position".
2. ""hand's aren't pushing back far enough" knowing it was obsolete "
One of my favorite freestyle instructional videos of Lindsay Benco stresses "completing the stroke all the way past your hip".
Has emphasis on this phase of the stroke become obsolete, and a quicker recovery considered more efficient?
Also the coach yells, "Thumbs down your sides!" Does this still apply?
Thanks for your advice,
Georgio :drown:
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I think what Lindsay was saying was that the "new" way of swimming freestyle is to sweep your hand out, rather than to push your hand down to your suit. It is almost a karate chop motion, and it helps with getting your arms around for the next stroke.
I like that "karate chop motion." No sense pushing back against water that's already moving backwards? The "karate chop" or skating style stroke helps locate a continuous supply of desirable "still water," for better and more efficient propulsion.
I think what Lindsay was saying was that the "new" way of swimming freestyle is to sweep your hand out, rather than to push your hand down to your suit. It is almost a karate chop motion, and it helps with getting your arms around for the next stroke.
I like that "karate chop motion." No sense pushing back against water that's already moving backwards? The "karate chop" or skating style stroke helps locate a continuous supply of desirable "still water," for better and more efficient propulsion.
