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 always thought of "thumbs down the side" to make sure you keep your arms close to your body, and "breaking" your arm. You don't want a straight arm throughout the stoke, you need to propel yourself through the water, not pull the pool around you.
I also think that the finish of the stroke is very personal. If someone isn't getting any benefit at all from finishing the stoke, then don't. Waste of time. But, this is another sculling movement many worked very hard to add and getting rid of the part of the stroke would actually hurt them.
I learned to swim as lazy as possible. I try not waste energy in something that doesn't benefit my stroke. And, if I find something, then I fix it.
I always thought of "thumbs down the side" to make sure you keep your arms close to your body, and "breaking" your arm. You don't want a straight arm throughout the stoke, you need to propel yourself through the water, not pull the pool around you.
I also think that the finish of the stroke is very personal. If someone isn't getting any benefit at all from finishing the stoke, then don't. Waste of time. But, this is another sculling movement many worked very hard to add and getting rid of the part of the stroke would actually hurt them.
I learned to swim as lazy as possible. I try not waste energy in something that doesn't benefit my stroke. And, if I find something, then I fix it.
