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Pic of the Week - March 25, 2005

Posted by Glenn Mills on Mar 25, 2005 08:00AM (4,972 views)
This week's Pic of the Week features Kaitlin Sandeno swimming breaststroke. We are offering a special incentive for you to post your comments.

Kaitlin Breaststroke

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Responded Mar 25, 2005 09:02AM

Taking breath
Responded Mar 25, 2005 10:25AM

this pic reminds me that I have to keep my eyes and head down.

Responded Mar 25, 2005 11:19AM

Really like to see this clip as she certainly has eyes down above, and is very low and pushing forward rather than up.
Responded Mar 25, 2005 12:39PM

Haha the way the water refracts the light makes the pictures a bit unusual at a glance.
Responded Mar 25, 2005 12:59PM

Please keep in mind folks that the angle that Kaitlin is swimming requires tremendous functional strength, primarily in the core lower body. The abdominal wall and lower back stabilize the spine to allow the kick to drive the body over the point balance.
Responded Mar 25, 2005 03:19PM

Two things...

First, like everyone else has already stated - EYES DOWN...

Second, if you disregard the funny view due to the water, you notice that she's not pulling too far back - that her hands are no further than her neck/upper chest in starting the hand recovery.
Responded Mar 26, 2005 04:21AM

A Praying Mantis... ready to strike...
Responded Mar 26, 2005 04:24AM

And I thought breast stroke as a "flat" stroke - Kaitlin looks like shes standing up in the water:)
Responded Mar 27, 2005 09:43PM

The photo is deceiving due to image refraction(?). Although her head and shoulders appear to be "way high", her looking down and with the arms and chest still underwater say otherwise.

Responded Mar 28, 2005 09:42AM

One of those happy, chance moments when photographer and swimmer are in exactly the right spots for a GREAT photo.
Responded Mar 29, 2005 01:08PM

Elbows tight to the body and legs (from what you can see) well hidden behind the body.
Responded Mar 29, 2005 06:17PM

There are no knees in the picture at all, so she is obviously keeping her bodyline straight. Love that head position!
Responded Mar 29, 2005 11:38PM

i've noticed a tendency towards "artistic" photos. as for this one. we can clearly see her head tucked and her body position reminds me of butterfly. the undulation that my coaches stress in both strokes. if you look at the history of butterfly, it evolved out of breaststroke
Responded Mar 30, 2005 11:27AM

Yep... artistic. Then again, when you're working with swimmers like this... aren't they ALL artistic?
Responded Mar 30, 2005 11:59AM

How true!
Responded Apr 10, 2005 03:38PM

Swimming photography seems to be hot topic now. If I remember correctly, the photo of Phelps (it was a cover photo of some magazine, he adjusting his googles, en face) got first award in annual contest for best photography; with at least one other swimming photo high in ranks. It's very impressive indeed, drops of water, etc.

Responded Apr 20, 2005 08:21AM

Great body position

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