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This weeks pic was taken during practice. Explain what the swimmer is doing, and what the benefits are.
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I'd say that she is practicing side kicking with fins that will help her with her plantar flexion. She will also get the feeling of swimming on her side. Tomas |
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....or she can be doing single arm freestyle to practice her rotation and the use of paddles will strengthen her back muscles. Tomas |
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.... I'm going to take a shot in the dark here.... she's doing fly kick on her side. I ruled out flutter kick because her knee is quite bent implying more lateral movement..... check out the water wave pattern. my 2 cents |
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...hmmm or.... side sculling.... |
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oh yeah ... it helps to promote a better catch mainly for freestyle. I do this drill sometimes to stretch out my lats ...as odd as it may be :) |
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I just wondered if Tomas has a day job ? It's really good to be keen but you must be this site's #1 interactive fan - good luck to you, it's a great website. I thought it might be fly legs on the side too, but then why the hand paddles ? Perhaps she's swimming frontcrawl with a single fly kick timed to initiate rotation - not sure why with fins and paddles, but I suppose, why not ? |
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Come on Steve...it can't be fly, just look at her right heel behind her.
Tomas |
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It looks like this might be a catch point type of drill. If this is true, why not get the hand out front and at the catch point and scull there? |
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