Two questions:
When maintaining a high elbow at catch, and when I've been dropping my elbow previously, am I right to assume that feeling the muscle opposite the bicep (back of upper arm) working more at catch and pull is a sign the catch position is better?
Also, I've seen many references to "reaching over a barrel" in freestyle. Does this describe the arm above the water, under the water, or both?
Thanks
High elbow is how most of us learned and practice many times with the coach working on it with us BJUT now I seed Olympic & National swimmers "windmilling" with straight arms!!?? What gives them the extra power to do this over us mere mortals?
High elbow is how most of us learned and practice many times with the coach working on it with us BJUT now I seed Olympic & National swimmers "windmilling" with straight arms!!?? What gives them the extra power to do this over us mere mortals?
