Background: I'm a fine swimmer (when I'm fit, I can do 25 x 100, leaving on the 1:30).
Question: I do an unorthodox swim technique where I do my big kick on the same side that I extend my hand/arm. IOW, my right leg/foot is kicking at the same time that my right arm/hand is extending. That's the opposite of normal swimmers. Do I need to fix this?
I've tried to fix this in past. It was difficult to re-coordinate the rhythm of the stroke and, because I was not committed to it (I was not sure if it was necessary) I keep failing to fix it after multiple frustrated laps. Still, if I'm going to fix it, then now is the time to do it since I'm in the "getting back into pool after months of layoff and getting back into swim shape" phase when I'm not fit enough to do any hard efforts and I'm basically just swimming up and down the pool to build up endurance/strength.
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Question: I do an unorthodox swim technique where I do my big kick on the same side that I extend my hand/arm. IOW, my right leg/foot is kicking at the same time that my right arm/hand is extending. That's the opposite of normal swimmers. Do I need to fix this?
I've tried to fix this in past. It was difficult to re-coordinate the rhythm of the stroke and, because I was not committed to it (I was not sure if it was necessary) I keep failing to fix it after multiple frustrated laps. Still, if I'm going to fix it, then now is the time to do it since I'm in the "getting back into pool after months of layoff and getting back into swim shape" phase when I'm not fit enough to do any hard efforts and I'm basically just swimming up and down the pool to build up endurance/strength.
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