Freestyle body rotation/getting power from the hips
Former Member
First of all, I don't know if these concepts are directly related. But I finally got some coaching tips and realize that I am plowing through the water like I am swimming like I am stroking with my belly on a surfboard. I have learned to get the high elbow recovery and now I feel the rotation of my body, or at least the potential for it to rotate.
So my question is, do I force my body to rotate more, or is this a natural consequence of doing other things correctly? I can especially feel it on my left/non-breathing side where I can force myself to over rotate beyond which I am doing.
The power from the hips part, I was told I need to do that, but I have no idea how to execute it.
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Power from the hips comes from perfectly timed rythm between your kick and your arm pull. Betsy is right, the rythm center is at the hips and it is this core connectivity that develops maximum efficiency and speed. Does this make sense? Yes it does make perfect sense.
I'd certainly push it to the extend that body rotation alone, just by itself, also generates a lot of power. That point of view goes against Maglischo`s take on the matter, but I think that he's completely wrong on this topic.
The body, by itself, can rotate without the assistance of any anchor points. Research on this topic is seriously lacking in the swimming world (hence Maglischo's faulty take), but I feel (even though I haven't made any research yet) that scientific data exists in the world of figure skating.
In other words, I do believe in inside-out swimming very very strongly, and I think I could probably, with little research, prove its existence.
Did a very little non prepared test the other day. Jumped in a pool, with a pull buoy, arms tightly held up my chest. With no previous practicing whatsoever here's the body rotation I could achieve. Far from a figure skater but with minimal practicing, I should be able to self rotate, no anchor, very very quickly, without disturbing the body frontal axis that much.
YouTube- Demonstrating Body Rotation
Note: Between second #15 and 18, I think I achieved a couple of rotations that were fairly clearn (although frontal axis wasn't kept perfectly straight).
Power from the hips comes from perfectly timed rythm between your kick and your arm pull. Betsy is right, the rythm center is at the hips and it is this core connectivity that develops maximum efficiency and speed. Does this make sense? Yes it does make perfect sense.
I'd certainly push it to the extend that body rotation alone, just by itself, also generates a lot of power. That point of view goes against Maglischo`s take on the matter, but I think that he's completely wrong on this topic.
The body, by itself, can rotate without the assistance of any anchor points. Research on this topic is seriously lacking in the swimming world (hence Maglischo's faulty take), but I feel (even though I haven't made any research yet) that scientific data exists in the world of figure skating.
In other words, I do believe in inside-out swimming very very strongly, and I think I could probably, with little research, prove its existence.
Did a very little non prepared test the other day. Jumped in a pool, with a pull buoy, arms tightly held up my chest. With no previous practicing whatsoever here's the body rotation I could achieve. Far from a figure skater but with minimal practicing, I should be able to self rotate, no anchor, very very quickly, without disturbing the body frontal axis that much.
YouTube- Demonstrating Body Rotation
Note: Between second #15 and 18, I think I achieved a couple of rotations that were fairly clearn (although frontal axis wasn't kept perfectly straight).
