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Pic of the Week - December 16, 2005

Posted by Judson on Dec 16, 2005 09:28AM (4,157 views)

This week's picture of the week is of Kaitlin Sandeno. Take a look at how her arms stay right at the surface of the water, while she presses in with her chest.

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Responses

Speedy	Responded Dec 16, 2005 11:49AM Compare this position with the goswim logo, it looks like the head is in the wrong place (or am I taking the logo too literally?)!
Judson	Responded Dec 16, 2005 12:00PM The logo is not anatomically correct, just cool looking. If it were she would have an incredibly flexible torso.
Speedy	Responded Dec 16, 2005 12:17PM The logo's fine, so is the swimming. Maybe the logo is more like Misty
Gramps	Responded Dec 16, 2005 05:40PM FOrget the logo...her hips are in a great position. I like how you can NOT see the top of her behind because her hips are so high.
chlorini	Responded Dec 16, 2005 06:49PM I also noticed that her fingertips are already pointing down even though her elbows and arms are at the surface. One of those major "minor" things!
Judson	Responded Dec 17, 2005 08:57AM Those are both really great points. This picture was taken from the section of the Go Swim All Stokes DVD, Very Little Up and Down Movement. The fact that her hips are up out of the water, her arms are at the surface, and her fingertips are already catching is what makes her stroke so efficient.
Tomás	Responded Dec 20, 2005 05:05PM Judson. I am kind of confused. Misty Hyman in her GOSWIM DVD says "your head and chest should go deep but yor hands should remain near the surface"...exactly what Kaitlin Sandeno is doing in the picture...so the up and down movement is related to what? I ask you the question because it is a lot easier to swim butterfly "diving down a little bit more". When I try to remain almost horizontal with just a slight undulation of the body I found butterfly a lot more difficult. Any advice???
Speedy	Responded Dec 21, 2005 04:43AM I think Misty has a stronger and deeper kick and hides this by pushing down further with her chest. But more vertical movement is less streamlined so there is a balance between stonger kick or more streamlined body position. Misty doesn't dive, because her hands remain just below the surface at this point in the stroke cycle. What makes fly difficult is when the hips drop too low, the degree of up/down shoulder movement is individual preference, but the hips must stay high.
Tomás	Responded Dec 21, 2005 09:01AM Thanks Speedy. Tomas
Glenn Mills	Responded Dec 21, 2005 10:33AM Yep, different strokes for different swimmers. Misty has much more body movement which can be associated with body type, and flexibility. Everyone can't swim the same.
Speedy	Responded Dec 21, 2005 11:31AM I read somewhere that its only worth kicking hard in fly with good ankle flexibility,otherwise all the kicking force is downwards and not backwards. To kick hard the swimmer needs good back AND ankle flexibility, if the swimmer only has average flexibility they should kick moderately. It all sounds obvious but the trick is to find a focus that suits the swimmer, and drills to help find out what's best for them.

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