Head Position during Free

Current Swimmer indicates the proper head position is 'low' in the water, more or less the oncoming water seeing the top of your head. On the other hand, many tell me to have the water line break the forehead, thus a higher head position than shown as 'right' in Swimmer (page 25). Advice to look to the bottom of the pool rather than forward plays into this matter. Any consensus here? A lift of the head directly correlates to either extra strain in the neck and upper shoulders or a drop in the hips. Neither is good in freestyle Just to help reach that consensus, I'll agree with the others. Unfortunately, at one stage in my life I was taught to keep a high eye line position, which directly attributed to a drop in my hips. This wasn't corrected until I was 16 or 17 years old and a visiting coach noticed it and suggested the change. I'm pretty sure that the neutral position is widely recognized as proper technique.

Current Swimmer indicates the proper head position is 'low' in the water, more or less the oncoming water seeing the top of your head. On the other hand, many tell me to have the water line break the forehead, thus a higher head position than shown as 'right' in Swimmer (page 25). Advice to look to the bottom of the pool rather than forward plays into this matter. Any consensus here? A lift of the head directly correlates to either extra strain in the neck and upper shoulders or a drop in the hips. Neither is good in freestyle Just to help reach that consensus, I'll agree with the others. Unfortunately, at one stage in my life I was taught to keep a high eye line position, which directly attributed to a drop in my hips. This wasn't corrected until I was 16 or 17 years old and a visiting coach noticed it and suggested the change. I'm pretty sure that the neutral position is widely recognized as proper technique.