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:
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I was thinking more of the key-hole type pull. I know that in butterfly (and this is what I teach my swimmers too) it is better to do a straight back pull, but what I have found on pullouts is that you can get a little more pull on the water with a wide sweaping pull and a big push at the end of the pull.
But then again, like I said before it is different for everyone. That is just works for me :)
I was thinking more of the key-hole type pull. I know that in butterfly (and this is what I teach my swimmers too) it is better to do a straight back pull, but what I have found on pullouts is that you can get a little more pull on the water with a wide sweaping pull and a big push at the end of the pull.
But then again, like I said before it is different for everyone. That is just works for me :)
