As one who is just learning to freestyle I have a question. I have read
that your hand should plunge down into the water somewhere close to your
head and about at a 4-5 o'clock position. Then I see video clips of lots of
swimmers whose hand plunges into the water at a very shallow depth......
almost just barely below the surface rather than a sharp plunge angle into
the water.... What am I missing here? Am willing to learn.
-Thanks
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"buck" : As one who is just learning to freestyle I have a question. I have
read
: that your hand should plunge down into the water somewhere close to your
: head and about at a 4-5 o'clock position. Then I see video clips of lots
of
: swimmers whose hand plunges into the water at a very shallow depth......
: almost just barely below the surface rather than a sharp plunge angle into
: the water.... What am I missing here? Am willing to learn.
: -Thanks
:
I am sure you will get some good advice, but, whatever you do, please don't
slap at the water with a flat palm. A guy where I swim does that and it's
just d#%#@ annoying!Pat
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"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"buck" : As one who is just learning to freestyle I have a question. I
have
read
: that your hand should plunge down into the water somewhere close to your
: head and about at a 4-5 o'clock position. Then I see video clips of
lots
of
: swimmers whose hand plunges into the water at a very shallow depth......
: almost just barely below the surface rather than a sharp plunge angle
into
: the water.... What am I missing here? Am willing to learn.
: -Thanks
:
I am sure you will get some good advice, but, whatever you do, please
don't
slap at the water with a flat palm. A guy where I swim does that and it's
just d#%#@ annoying!Pat
:
No I don't slap the water.... in fact I have cutting into the water at about
a 45 degree angle but am wondering if I am giving away too much pull and
should I be extending my arm out more resulting in more pulling.... still
confused. I realize that there may be more than one opinion on this. -
"buck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
"buck" : As one who is just learning to freestyle I have a question. I
have
read
: that your hand should plunge down into the water somewhere close to
your
: head and about at a 4-5 o'clock position. Then I see video clips of
lots
of
: swimmers whose hand plunges into the water at a very shallow
depth......
: almost just barely below the surface rather than a sharp plunge angle
into
: the water.... What am I missing here? Am willing to learn.
: -Thanks
:
I am sure you will get some good advice, but, whatever you do, please
don't
slap at the water with a flat palm. A guy where I swim does that and it's
just d#%#@ annoying!Pat
:
No I don't slap the water.... in fact I have cutting into the water at
about a 45 degree angle but am wondering if I am giving away too much pull
and should I be extending my arm out more resulting in more pulling....
still confused. I realize that there may be more than one opinion on
this.Have a look at some freely available swim video clips and see how the elites
do it, and how they differ from each other !
http://www.swim.ee/videos/freestyle/free.html
http://www.donalfagan.com/html/swim_videos.html
The second one is sometimes unavailable due to bandwidth restrictions, but
it's worth waiting for it to come back on line.Joskin
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Joskin said:
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The second one is sometimes unavailable due to
bandwidth restrictions, but it's worth waiting for it
to come back on line.Actually, I shut down my video page, and the Aussie
swim club I gave them to has cut back as well. -
"Man o' Tea" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Joskin said:
Quoted message said:
The second one is sometimes unavailable due to
bandwidth restrictions, but it's worth waiting for it
to come back on line.Actually, I shut down my video page, and the Aussie
swim club I gave them to has cut back as well.That's sad - they were very useful.
Joskin
P.S. I won't ask for my $10 back ! -
buck said:
"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
"buck" : As one who is just learning to freestyle I have a question. I
have
read
: that your hand should plunge down into the water somewhere close to your
: head and about at a 4-5 o'clock position. Then I see video clips of
lots
of
: swimmers whose hand plunges into the water at a very shallow depth......
: almost just barely below the surface rather than a sharp plunge angle
into
: the water.... What am I missing here? Am willing to learn.
: -Thanks
:
I am sure you will get some good advice, but, whatever you do, please
don't
slap at the water with a flat palm. A guy where I swim does that and it's
just d#%#@ annoying!Pat
:
No I don't slap the water.... in fact I have cutting into the water at about
a 45 degree angle but am wondering if I am giving away too much pull and
should I be extending my arm out more resulting in more pulling.... still
confused. I realize that there may be more than one opinion on this.You do want to have your hand enter infront of your head and it will be
probably point down in a 45 degree angle. However, you should
definitely continue to extend your arm completely. As you extend your
arm it will point forward. Not because you change the angle of you hand
intentionally, but because the angle of the forearm gets shallower
until your arm is fully extended. To achieve full extension, aim at
bringing your shoulder forward so that it touches your ear. The
movement of bringing your shoulder forward will help with body rotation
and with the lifting of the other shoulder and arm above the water.
Hopet that this makes sense,Andres
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You do want to have your hand enter infront of your head and it will be
Quoted message said:
probably point down in a 45 degree angle. However, you should
definitely continue to extend your arm completely. As you extend your
arm it will point forward. Not because you change the angle of you hand
intentionally, but because the angle of the forearm gets shallower
until your arm is fully extended. To achieve full extension, aim at
bringing your shoulder forward so that it touches your ear. The
movement of bringing your shoulder forward will help with body rotation
and with the lifting of the other shoulder and arm above the water.
Hopet that this makes sense,Andres
Andres..... Ahhhh, now that makes sense and helps clarify. Thanks for help.
In fact, thanks to all for help.
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