"Rotate off your stomach (but not on your side.)

[Talvi]

In the TI SCW manual there is the advice:

"Rotate off your stomach (but not on your side)."
(NB. italics from the original)

Can anyone explain what it means?

[tomoy]

I think means you don't want to swim flat in the water, like this: --
But you don't want to rotate so your shoulders are perpendicular, like this: |
So instead, find something in the middle, like this: /

[Streak]

Love your graphics Tom!
Sometimes when I swim I feel like I am doing this <> do you know what the problem could be?

[tomoy]

Beer. Too much or not enough, take your pick!

[daveblt]

Roll just enough to clear the shoulder when you rotate .

Dave

[WFEGb]

Hello Joel,

Sometimes when I swim I feel like I am doing this <> do you know what the problem could be?

Let me guess a "beer-free" solution: your spearing arms crossing the midline?

Best regards,
Werner

[Streak]

Haha, you guys crack me up.
Of course we wont talk about this /\*/\*/\*

[Talvi]

Originally Posted by tomoy

I think means you don't want to swim flat in the water, like this: --
But you don't want to rotate so your shoulders are perpendicular, like this: |
So instead, find something in the middle, like this: /

:D thanks! So: "Rotate off your stomach (but not onTO your side".