Watching endless video from FINA worlds and looking at where the hands and forearms are pointing to relative to the direction of travel (down the pool), its almost never in the swim stroke that the hand and forearms are pointing to the back of the pool. They are almost always pointing to the to the side of the pool or toward the swimmers own body. It's like a speed skater who never applies power directly backwards but pushes out of the side of his/her body while the body is actually moving forward. I am not sure I am explaining my visual observation that well, but if you treat the body like a propeller shaft, the propeller blades are at an angle to the shaft yet the vessel moves in the direction of the shaft.
There are some good angles in this 2012 video of Sun Yang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FlDy3YmDQ
Working on my breastroke catch with big paddles, and really never pulling "back", but more sweeping to the side and out and then back in for the recovery, it is amazing how much forward motion you get out of that sideways hand/arm motion. Would like to hear the thoughts of the actual swimmers around here.
There are some good angles in this 2012 video of Sun Yang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FlDy3YmDQ
Working on my breastroke catch with big paddles, and really never pulling "back", but more sweeping to the side and out and then back in for the recovery, it is amazing how much forward motion you get out of that sideways hand/arm motion. Would like to hear the thoughts of the actual swimmers around here.
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devashish_paul: Aug 3, 17 18:31