Forum: Freestyle
09-16-2018
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Views: 8,336
It feels a bit different, so it takes a bit to...
It feels a bit different, so it takes a bit to get comfortable and to get YOUR right position. Try out what happens if you change the "spearing point" of the arm. Put it more up and down (y-axis) and...
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Forum: Freestyle
09-16-2018
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,336
I think the book is not the newest edition...
I think the book is not the newest edition :o)
It's about 45°. That's the same position you will have when you swim whole stroke. 90° leads to over rotation in whole stroke.
Best regards.
Inge
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Forum: Freestyle
09-15-2018
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Replies: 49
Views: 36,481
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Forum: Freestyle
09-14-2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 14,550
To gather these details you have to feel...
To gather these details you have to feel differences. You can't feel the differences if you don't have a stable basic. If every stroke in your swimming feels different because the basic is not set,...
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Forum: Freestyle
09-14-2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 14,550
I think the kick timing is not a subject that...
I think the kick timing is not a subject that needs to interest a beginner.
Timing is a very individual thing and comes for me AFTER having a good fluent basic stoke with good balance, good...
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Forum: Freestyle
09-14-2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 14,550
As his hips don't sink before he is kicking, i...
As his hips don't sink before he is kicking, i doubt that. I don't think that he needs a kick at all. But to demonstrate kick timing it might be better to do this with a kick.
If the aesthetics of...
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Forum: Freestyle
09-13-2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 14,550
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
09-02-2018
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Replies: 6
Views: 24,531
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Forum: Freestyle
08-07-2018
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Replies: 80
Views: 30,452
Terry has also a one side drill: Single side...
Terry has also a one side drill: Single side swimming.
- I also tried the commonly used single side swimming with one hand outstretched. I didn't like it. At first, this was very easy to perform,...
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Forum: Freestyle
08-05-2018
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,417
The sweetspot position is only to breath.
From...
The sweetspot position is only to breath.
From sweetspot turn first in skating position. When in good skating position you start with the exercise. The back arm goes forward under water. When you...
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Forum: Breaststroke
08-02-2018
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,787
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Forum: Breaststroke
08-01-2018
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,787
No, the legs are allowed to be apart. But when...
No, the legs are allowed to be apart. But when they are closed during the kick like in a breast stroke kick, it's forbidden.
As the camera is not exactly behind the swimmer, it's not to be seen...
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Forum: Breaststroke
07-31-2018
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,787
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Forum: Breaststroke
07-31-2018
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,787
That depends on where the race was. In Germany...
That depends on where the race was. In Germany dolphin armstroke and dolphin kick have to be in one motion, in the international rules that's not so, as far as I know. For that: In a national race in...
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Forum: Freestyle
07-14-2018
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,964
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Forum: Freestyle
07-01-2018
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,835
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Forum: Freestyle
06-27-2018
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Replies: 193
Views: 57,543
you will always find that two people who are...
you will always find that two people who are learning a skill equally are not really doing it completely the same. Every one has a different body, special abilities and qualities and his own...
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
06-15-2018
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Replies: 88
Views: 49,933
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Forum: Freestyle
05-02-2018
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,281
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
05-01-2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 14,842
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Forum: O2 in H20: Breathing Skills
04-28-2018
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Replies: 88
Views: 49,933
Not all skills are difficult for all people....
Not all skills are difficult for all people. There are many which struggle with just the fist step of swimming freestyle: Balance. Others with core stability. Others with kicking or in the whole with...
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Forum: Freestyle
04-19-2018
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,378
in the older courses the balance drills were...
in the older courses the balance drills were (maybe there were others, but this is from the oldest course I have):
- balance on the back
- sweet spot
- lengthen your vessel (like skating in sweet...
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Forum: Freestyle
04-18-2018
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,378
As you are not a novice in freestyle swimming,...
As you are not a novice in freestyle swimming, not even a novice in TI, i would not work through all the exercises like you wanted to.
TI has improved, but the general main targets, balancing and...
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Forum: Freestyle
04-10-2018
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Replies: 56
Views: 17,726
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Forum: Freestyle
04-09-2018
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Replies: 34
Views: 17,998
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