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Print this entrySwimming Pic of the Week - April 18, 2008
Here's a shot of a young swimmer. Tell us what this means to you, and remember... this is a still picture. She was moving through her stroke.
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I would venutre to guess that her hips will pop into rotation next. Hand seems relaxed on entry. Eyes down, head appears to be inline. She looks kindof tiny in that lane. |
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I think this is a critical point in the stroke, the arm transition. I'd like to see at this point a more pronounced front quadrant position, that means she pulled a little bit early.
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Yea I'd say shes racing by looking at her kick. She looks to be doing well with such a long body in line. It does look like she entered the water a bit early with the front hand as now her shoulder is a bit wider than her hips so too much frontal drag. But she looks to have her arm against the water pretty good! No doubt thanks to a long body position. Although it almost looks like her lower back is not as long as it could be, but hard to tell from this angle |
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wiken - yep... tiny swimmer. Tomas - Not sure how she can be MORE FQS... her lead hand has obviously been in the water for some time as there are no bubbles on it anymore, and her pulling hand is just NOW passing her shoulder... any more FQS and we'd have this little girl swimming catch-up. Elixir... sorry... having a hard time following the "shoulder is a bit winder than her hips". Whatcha looking at here. I mean, I know the shoulders are wider than the hips, but that's sorta tough to avoid at this stage in the stroke simply because the shoulders ARE wider than the hips. If it's something else, fill me in. Thanks guys. |
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By looking at her hands, it looks like she has a very good feel for the water. She really seems to be holding on it well. How old is she? |
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9 |
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I've had a lot of high school girls that I wish could get in this position during their stroke. High elbow stroke, eyes down, entry without crossover, pointed toes (at least on the left leg) Pretty impressive for a 9 year old. |
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Boy Glenn...only because you are correcting me, but I saw that pulling hand as if it was at her belly. |
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