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![]() Question for Terry (or anyone else): I'm reading "Extraordinary swimming for every body". In describing the drills for backstroke (e.g. the backstroke switch), it says lift the recovery hand as slowly as possible. My question is: when you do so, do you still use 6-beat kicks? If so then the kicks would have to be very slow also, which doesn't seem good/easy to do. Or is that in these drills you simply kick frequently (and lightly), which, however, would not be how you do in whole stroke?
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![]() Personally if I am doing this drill and worried if I was doing a 6 beat kick it would take my concentration away from really focusing on this drill. I would just lean back ,look up at the ceiling relax and flutter gently .
Dave |
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![]() Thanks both. To me, it seems easier to do the whole stroke (w/ 6bk) than this drill ;)
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After not swimming for over two weeks, I started using a steady kick more naturally. But for some reason I decided to revert to a pulsed kick like Irie uses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NotwR_Ex5s |
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![]() At some points in the stroke it does seem that the midsection sinks just a little ,maybe more so when he rolls .
Dave |
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![]() Well, I just saw Irie on the telly and he was kicking more steadily. Peirsol took 1st, Irie 2nd, and Lochte 3rd. So, is his middle section sinking too low? Ask the six other swimmers who finished after him! hehe
Really, I don't know. There might be a trade-off between being highly streamlined and being able to engage the legs. They top out at 200m so that's a factor as well. |
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