let go of every part of your body except the high side hip and the arm that's about to spear. Don't think about the feet or the currently extended arm. Use the high side hip to push the spearing arm forward
Anchor your hand in the water in front of you and "leave it there" while you stroke your body past it. You want ti visualize that your hand is not moving at all. The rest of the body will travel past it.
---CoachSuzanne
You need to have supple and relaxed shoulders, elbows & wrist while still applying pressure int he water to hold your place in order to look as silky as terry and shinji do.
---CoachSuzanne
3) Shoulders and Hips
Nice observation. I really focus to do as you observe. And you are right. With using this technique and snapping legs, I can create a very sharp torque (same as pitching.) It is what we teach to get acceleration in Japan for graceful swimmers. For TI beginners, we teach "rolling like a log."
I used to race breaststroke, not freestyle. I only do open water swimming in very, very, v-e-r-y warm water like Guam. I try to swim faster, but not in a race.
22.50 minutes(SCM)/1500m is the target for this year to pass 1st grade of open water swimming test in Japan.
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Originally Posted by Alex-SG
What keeps his head afloat and stable when that recovery elbow is so high up?
Superman Glide drill worked for me. I engage my lower core then loosen joints carefully. Legs are "tuned."
I also used to practice "still zipper." You just keep zipper (swing) skate position without kicking. It is mainly for balance (fore-after, side to side.)
I regard TI swim as an art. So I practice TI swim in artistic way. It must be different from TI coaches who are triathletes or masters swimmers.