Freestyle body rotation/getting power from the hips
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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.
Grant Hackett is, in my opinion, an example to avoid. Very few of us can achieve this level of EVF whilst maintaining such a longish glide in the front.
I don't know. I find it still pretty difficult to get a good EVF when swimming normally, however, when doing a catch-up drill (isn't that sort of the definition of a "long glide"?) I find it trivial to drop the hand and raise the elbow.
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Grant Hackett is, in my opinion, an example to avoid. Very few of us can achieve this level of EVF whilst maintaining such a longish glide in the front.
I don't know. I find it still pretty difficult to get a good EVF when swimming normally, however, when doing a catch-up drill (isn't that sort of the definition of a "long glide"?) I find it trivial to drop the hand and raise the elbow.
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