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![]() Hi Andy and Salvo
Like Salvo, I was struck by how little time you take for a turn. If I read you right. it only takes you 1 beep on TT and you are pushing off? If I swim with TT at 1:30, it takes me 3 beeps to get into the pushoff. This means that my turn is taking almost 4 seconds just for 1 length. Even if I turn in 2 seconds, this could shorten my time for every length I swim by 2 seconds. guess I know the answer to that one! Even if I do shorten that turn time, my average per length for 4 lengths is 34 seconds. For 2 lengths, it is 31 seconds. Would love to get to 43 seconds for 2 lengths. That will take some doing. Sherry |
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Your catch is a low pressure positioning movement that is pretty much neutral in relation to immediately imparting propulsion (or retardation to forward glide from body momentum.) Or if there is some propulsion as opposed to resisting forward motion, it is pretty minimal or subtle, until the body has glided past the catching hand to the point where the spearing shoulder is below the catch shoulder; once you reach that sweet spot (as far as precise backward direction of resultant force vector), only then do you apply significant force at the fingers, palm and elbow. |
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I'd suggest not worrying about keeping the catch hand still so much as feeling the VW bonnet hood / ball of water under the arm and hand as you're spearing/rotating, then, as you say finish exit and recover all in one smooth movement. That's my theory. Doing it though ..... !!
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A psychological disorder is: "Any personal construction which is used repeatedly in spite of consistent invalidation." ~ George Kelly "The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." ~ Aleksandr Popov |
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It was a little awkward, as I would expect any modification of habit to be, but it went OK. I also concentrated on making sure I integrated this sequence with an adequate body roll on both directions, which I may have been deficient on prior. to this. But it was far from a disaster, which for me counts as a huge success. It even became easier later on in the practice. I think I was overdoing the "zero force during the catch, then suddenly applying force when the shoulder progression lines cross" concept. No doubt the optimum sequence would be a more nuanced build up of force which will become clearer an more natural as I develop a feel for this. Thanks Danny for the great explanation! (It even became easy enough for me to add a new simultaneous focus, the attempt to restrict my kick to a 15 cm amplitude, as suggested by Shinji in the dialogue following the recent introduction of his new videos). |
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![]() Sclim, check what I wrote - it addresses the issue you describe.
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A psychological disorder is: "Any personal construction which is used repeatedly in spite of consistent invalidation." ~ George Kelly "The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." ~ Aleksandr Popov |
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I'll try to integrate this with the other characteristics of the catch and what follows. There essentially seems to be no contradiction here (with Danny's description), and I think I can visualise the whole sequence -- or at least start to get a complete mental concept of it. Thanks Talvi for the VW reminder. Last edited by sclim : 12-09-2014 at 05:18 AM. |
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A psychological disorder is: "Any personal construction which is used repeatedly in spite of consistent invalidation." ~ George Kelly "The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." ~ Aleksandr Popov |
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OK; yet one more question that arose in my swim this morning... in your VW model, is the following of the VW hood contour integrating the spear in the initial part of the hood contour? Or is it added on after a reasonable duration of, say, 30 degree spear angled downward in a straight line during which, I suppose, there is no thought or sensation of collecting a ball of water yet. Last edited by sclim : 12-09-2014 at 08:10 PM. |
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