We know we should have done something extra special for the last Pic of 2009... but we're heading to Ft. Lauderdale in the morning for an Open Water Race with Fran Crippen, so we're hoping for some extra special pics to come from that.
For today, it's focusing on something we've finished up the year with... THE CATCH! Tell us what you think of this image:
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Very nice picture.
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Extend the neck? Not sure I understand what you're saying. |
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I would guess by the trail of bubbles above her entry arm that she is not extending her arm fully on entry and probably not getting a full catch before starting to pull underwater. |
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The bubble trail can be a bit misleading. I was just watching the Eyes-Up Catch video and noticed the same thing about the bubbles, but after rewinding it, the entry there appears to be good, so I think this person's entry may be OK as well. |
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The catch looks too deep and too vertical, and her wrist is bent (implying an over-emphasis on the pull of the hand vs. the pull of the hand and forearm together). The bubbles do make it look like she just dove her arm back in without extending it, but it could be an optical illusion. She should tuck her chin more. It looks like her left shoulder might be moving forward, too, which would imply that her arms are not necessarily working opposite of each other but more as a one-two-glide type deal. |
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You know Glenn, the neck of the hand. |
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catch doesn't look too bad, although i wouldn't mind seeing her elbow a bit higher. also looks like her shoulder is shrugged up to her ear. drop the shoulder so the scapula is stable and she will be able to apply more power with less injury. |
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if she drops the sholder, won't the elbow also drop? |
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Glenn and Wonderboy...I can put it in an other way: DESHRUG the shoulder. :) |
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Doesn't look like a shrug to me at all. We must be seeing different things. |
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Ok got it, extend the neck and deshrug the shoulder. Any other way you want to throw out there to confuse us further? I think some are reading into this too much. Not everything posted on this site contains huge flaws that we need to correct (as we're all experts). The elbow is above the wrist, and the wrist is above the fingertips. There are some of us that were never able to achieve a high elbow catch without trying to catch deeper water. My coach told me to do this as I had that issue. It makes sense to me, stretch a bit deeper and the elbow will be higher. Is the head position perfect? Probably not. Does it look like she could reach a bit further? Probably. One picture doesn't tell the whole story though. |
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Catch looks solid, I think I understand what thomas is trying to say. From this single frame in time, she has the appearance in the blown up picture to be swimming with a little too much tension in her shoulders, traps and possibly neck. I have swimmers who do this and get tired very easily. Extend the neck or as I tell my swimmers, swim tall and shoulders down and slightly relaxed. This should help engage the larger muscles in the back more and your core instead of swimming just from your shoulders up. Or she is in the middle of the power phase and you are over-analyzing her stroke based on this single image. One of the two. |
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Sorry, Tomas. |
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Folks, just another thought: is it possible she's in the process of changing her stroke ready for the turn? I know a lot of swimmers are told not to breathe in the 'red zone', is it possible she's just going to a face down style stroke?
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She should keep the hand straight......Too soon to turn I think......A correct thing is that she has a reglametary suit...hahahahaha |
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