Forum: Freestyle
03-05-2011
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,877
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Forum: Freestyle
03-04-2011
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,271
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Forum: Freestyle
03-03-2011
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,951
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
03-02-2011
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Replies: 26
Views: 23,748
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Forum: Freestyle
02-28-2011
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,839
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Forum: Freestyle
02-27-2011
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,110
When I was experimenting with and working on...
When I was experimenting with and working on ultra-slow swimming, I discovered that, with practice, I could rotate to 90 degrees without splaying. So its not rotation, per se, that causes splaying...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-26-2011
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,695
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Forum: Freestyle
02-26-2011
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,538
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
02-26-2011
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,279
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Forum: Freestyle
02-26-2011
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Replies: 387
Views: 90,404
I found my catch
Having spent a good amount of time working on a high-elbow catch, I am replacing it in favor of a lower elbow catch. It just doesn't feel comfortable to me, doesn't flow, especially over longer...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-25-2011
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Replies: 23
Views: 12,823
Prior to learning proper technique, I would...
Prior to learning proper technique, I would experience not pain, but fatigue in my shoulders. Ever since I learned to move my arms in the scapular plane, I feel neither pain nor fatigue in my...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-22-2011
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Replies: 29
Views: 16,509
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Forum: Freestyle
02-19-2011
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Replies: 64
Views: 20,147
Coach Brian's skatch drill is excellent, but it...
Coach Brian's skatch drill is excellent, but it wasn't until Coach Suzanne supplied the missing piece of the puzzle, the intimate connection between the downward movement of the lower arm and core...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-17-2011
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Replies: 64
Views: 20,147
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Forum: Freestyle
02-17-2011
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Replies: 64
Views: 20,147
That sounds right to me. The important part,...
That sounds right to me. The important part, though, is that the lowering (I call it relaxing) of the forearm must accompany and be initiated by core rotation toward the catch arm. If not, you're...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-17-2011
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,628
You want to roll/shift weight from side to side...
You want to roll/shift weight from side to side as a unit, not segmentally. When swimming at a leisurely pace, you can roll onto your side if you have good balance. At faster paces, you don't have...
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
02-16-2011
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,598
If you want to improve your breathing, work on...
If you want to improve your breathing, work on your breathing. The O2 in H2O dvd (http://www.totalimmersion.net/store/dvds/02-in-h20-a-self-help-course-on-breathing-in-swimming.html) helped me go...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-15-2011
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,646
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Forum: Freestyle
02-15-2011
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Replies: 387
Views: 90,404
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Forum: Freestyle
02-13-2011
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Replies: 387
Views: 90,404
Thanks for your advice, RadSwim. I'm going to...
Thanks for your advice, RadSwim. I'm going to keep searching for the y-coordinate that keeps me horizontal but also allows me to roll easily to air.
p.s. You're right, when I turn to breathe you...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-13-2011
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Replies: 387
Views: 90,404
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Forum: Freestyle
02-12-2011
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Replies: 387
Views: 90,404
Sliding down "Boken's Slope"
Tonight, I experimented with spearing directly to catch position (steep and deep), and the sensation was amazing. Talk about swimming downhill! My whole body felt like Boken's spatula! I just wish...
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Forum: Freestyle
02-12-2011
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,875
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Forum: Freestyle
02-12-2011
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,875
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Forum: Freestyle
02-11-2011
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,049
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