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![]() Robin,
This thread picked up momentum quickly. You've already had a load of comments but I would plus one on the flexibility exercises, limited reach at the front of the stroke looks to me like your biggest hurdle for lowering SPL and increasing speed. Balance and streamline is also much harder without a long hull. |
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What I would like is flexibility AND strength exercises. Working on flexibility in isolation is inadvisable for me. Suzanne posted these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khoNsq-UAW8. Sclim, do you want to give them a silver test rating?
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You pick that as #1, rather than my kick? Is that because you discounted that as I asked? So I should focus on hand entry and spear as either #1 or #2 priority in your opinion? I found it surprising that both the arch in my back, as seen from the side, and my hand "reaching up" are primarily optical illusions. The former is a horizontal twisting, that is horribly clear in the head-on video, and the latter is my hand coming across to my centreline after entry, again visible in all its glory in the head-on footage.
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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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This is something I believe is central but nobody else seems to even see. To try and focus on that I posted a thread specifically about it but sadly so far have come up empty. Thing is I am not aware I am doing it, of where it comes from, and will therefore struggle to find ways to correct it especially without risking damage to my shoulder (which has only recently healed). Suggestions here, or on the other thread, would be highly valued.
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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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No need for any apologies! I find both your summary and your points neat, complete and succinct. Quote:
re effort level the answer is it's relative! It may seem I'm being "lazy" and need to put more effort in, but the reaality is that I don't find things improve with more effort. If anything more often than not they get worse. My aim is to get as good a feel for the technique and timing as I can, and then to see. After I get that maybe I'll give up! ;) More probably though life will by then probably have given up on me! :D
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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 think my kick and the rotation are very much linked. That back-stroke kicking sounds like a good idea. I'll give it a shot (maybe I should wear a skid lid though!). I can feel the sense in your description of the kick better now and Danm also describes it: Quote:
I think my kick has gone wrong because I focused on its role in rotation. People talked about rotating without any leverage, but that's scientifically impossible. Charles' videos do not show otherwise and no other videos have been posted to show that it is. However, as Charles' has said, as a begnnner I overdo things all the time. Since the video I tried to correct what I had seen in it by kicking "microscopically". I was surprised to find myself doing a weak butterfly kick! This also happend at the beginning of last summer, when I swam in OW for the first time. I posted here about it but then put the experience on the shelf. I now realise that kick is a reaction, seeking to keep my legs up, and i think that's what I should focus on. As you say, my tendency is to over-rotate.
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![]() There's been a lot of suggestions here about stretching exercises to increase flexibility, but there are two approaches to this issue. I'm all for stretching, but I will never be 10 yrs old again. The second approach is to modify the style you are aiming at to accomodate your limitations. This requires being able to recognize those aspects of the way your heroes swim on film and not wasting your time trying to emulate them. It does not mean that you can't swim so gracefully that people will want to complement you. It probably places a real limitation on how fast you can swim.
For me, the biggest accomodation was to start consciously spearing deeper. It led to all sorts of good changes and I'm actually swimming faster than I was before. Just wanted to get that out there. |
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Where do you feel this barrel? And at what points in the stroke do you feel it most? Despite appearances (!) I often focus on draping my arm at the end of the spear. That is actually probably beyond my skill point at this time and not that helpful maybe.
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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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