So I am fine tuning my stroke for my first meet. I am noticing that my hands during the underwater recovery really drag, and I can't figure out a hand position that will stop it.
I take a big pull (how I was taught), way deeper on my chest than my regular pull, so the hands have a long way to go along my body. Am I still supposed to do this?
Any general comments regarding starts and turns welcome, too.
Luckily, my meet is LCM, so I only have to worry about it on the start next week.
Thanks for any help. BTW, swam a 36 (50Y) from the wall at the end of practice today, which is great for me, so thanks again to everyone who has helped me out. :chug:
OK, I went through my sequence standing here and I think I am doing it right. It's one thing to visualize and another to do. Whew, close call.
Still think I need to work on keeping my hands under and close to my body.
I've seen your pullout and it is fundamentally right.Originally you were allowed one stroke underwater(really originally you could swim as far underwater as possible,but the rule was changed as that was too dangerous.)Now with rule changes you get 2 kicks(one dolphin,one whip) and 1 1/2 pulls.Your head must break the surface before the insweep of the second pull.You definitely want to start that pull underwater so that you accelerate into the breakout.
OK, I went through my sequence standing here and I think I am doing it right. It's one thing to visualize and another to do. Whew, close call.
Still think I need to work on keeping my hands under and close to my body.
I've seen your pullout and it is fundamentally right.Originally you were allowed one stroke underwater(really originally you could swim as far underwater as possible,but the rule was changed as that was too dangerous.)Now with rule changes you get 2 kicks(one dolphin,one whip) and 1 1/2 pulls.Your head must break the surface before the insweep of the second pull.You definitely want to start that pull underwater so that you accelerate into the breakout.
