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Well... it's not really a pic, but MANY pics. See if you can tell what drill we were working on in this super slow-mo-short video.
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The fingers pull first ....... |
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Dunno, but as he barely moves despite his paddles and great force applied to them, there should be a rope attached to his back ;-) |
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Nice catch Sergey. I'll explain a bit more if more people inquire. :) |
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Hand entry and stroke efficiency? |
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I agrre with Sergey...either he is attached to a tether or he is pulling a chute. |
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It seems to me that he is swimming against a stretch cord; and either he is shorting his pull on purpose or he has got cramps in his biceps. Did you ever breaststrokers have biceps cramps? |
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This man of Atlantis(syas my dad)....could strech more witk the hand and then pull it in.... |
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He's working on building up his forearm strength, I would guess. The paddles give him more power to his pushes, but it also does so by overworking the arm muscles. Although his legs seem to move freely, it does seem like he may be tethered to something at the small of his back. If he is tethered or otherwise weighed down, it would explain his seeming minimal or lack of forward progress. Such weighting or tethering allows him to really pull against something to help incentivize him into maximizing his usage of the paddles. Last, he seems to be deliberately cutting short his pulls right around the point where he would follow through on his pull. Thus, it seems this exercise is designed to really focus on the early part of the stroke, which is largely dominated by the use of the forearm muscles. Further, the point is to push the swimmer to the point of exhaustion with regard to his forearms, which I imagine would be followed by paddleless sets of free (or heaven help him... breaststroke) to squeeze out every last drop of power. If he manages to crawl back the next day, it would likely be for a lot of kick sets. Else, he gets a rest day tomorrow to give his muscles the time they need to build up the additional strength that is now demanded of them. |
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Endless Pool or wall mount Fastlane? |
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Looks like it's got to be a cable attached to his back -- his stroke is too short and wide, and he's not going anywhere! |
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This dude needs a great deal more rotation on his centerline axis. Whoa, no rotation = no speed and np efficiency. I see people swimming like this everyday at the local community pool in my town.l I wish I had time to teach them all how to swim! |
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If he is working on something it is the intiation of the catch immediately upon entry. Working the first half of the stroke where most of our propulsion is coming from. He is developing the strength, I feel, because you can see the ineffciencies (slightly dropped elbows, swaying hands) which would slowly dissipate as he gains strength. Or he is wicked tired and slipping like a mad man. |
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Is he seeing how far he can get on the cord without taking a breath? |
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Man... I forgot I never said what we were working on here. Yes, he's tied to a cord. The initial part of the drill, which you can only see for the first couple of strokes is a head's up, wide hand entry... then the head lowers while still working on the wider entry. We're also looking to see how well the hand can remain in line with the forearm upon fatigue. With the paddles, the hands will twist, leverage, grip as soon as possible, but to ultimately build up the strength needed to maintain a straighter line through the entire hand/forearm unit, there will need to be other work done. This was after working at this for a few times, so the fatigue level was pretty high. I tried it too, and it's very tough to maintain a straight line from the fingers to the elbow without allowing the wrist to break. @Brian - because of the high stress of the cord, and a very constant turnover, plus working on a wider, more sprint oriented initiation to the pull, there was almost NO WAY he was going to get any rotation... so you're right. Each drill won't work on the entire stroke though, but your advice certainly never goes un-noticed. :) |
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