I’ve heard that body roll somehow allows you to reach further forward allowing a longer stroke. Can’t quite figure this one out… Bro science or fact?
Walk up to and face a wall and put your right hand up over your head with fingers pointed and reach as high as you can with you hips parallel to the wall. Then keep your feet where they are and turn your right hip towards the wall in a twisting motion. Now you can reach higher… now do the same same thing in the water. Bro science fact I guess. Good luck!
Bro science. There may be more to the story, but on the face of it rolling will not allow you to reach any further forward than you can flat. You can definitely twist the spine and extend your shoulder a little further but this puts a bend in your spine and you will likely fishtail.
Maybe I’m doing this wrong? If while my hips are parallel, my shoulders are level, I can’t reach as high. But if I drop the opposite shoulder, my reach seems the same?
I’ve heard that body roll somehow allows you to reach further forward allowing a longer stroke. Can’t quite figure this one out… Bro science or fact?
It’s kind of hard to explain, but you don’t really increase the length of the reach - by rolling your shoulders you’re increasing the “radius” of the stroke. I hope that’s not too confusing of an explanation.
Moving the shoulder forward and back “extends” the radius. I guess the question is can you move the shoulder further forward with a twist?
I’m not arguing against roll or extension… just pondering that explanation (not yours… my original statement).
I’m not talking about moving the shoulder forward & back. I’m sorry if I’m not being clearing enough, but if you swim flat your hands & arms will travel in a shorter arc.
More like you reduce your in water profile and streamline a bit better, but what do I know 
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Hey, quit messing with my bro science 
I just know I go a bit faster
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