THE BEST DRILL TO HELP YOU ROTATE IN FRONT CRAWL
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2021
- Adam Ocean Walker record breaking Ocean Swimmer takes you through how to rotate with balance in front crawl doing Ocean Walker Technique!!
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Just spent an hour in the pool working with this drill. My crawl improved dramatically, better rhythm, less tiredness, smoother. You have really piqued my interest Adam.....
That’s great!! You definitely should try my online system then 🏊♂️👍 vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
Hi Adam. I'm 71 years old and swim a mile to 1.5 miles nearly every day. I'm not very tall (5'7'') and do 22 strokes per 25 metre length. Though my stamina is good, I'm not very fast. I have mastered the two beat kick and that helps me save energy. I keep my head level - facing the bottom of the pool and I have the same arm recovery that you demonstrate but I have watched other coaches demonstrating long distance front crawl and try as I might, I could never develop the seemingly effortless power to my stroke. Today I watched this video before going to the pool and decided to try this drill. I did not expect to be able to accomplish the kickless hip rotation without lots of practice.
After watching dozens of swimming videos I have to say this one has made the greatest difference. I instantly managed to swim a length, rotating my hips and then stroking and without kicking and yet keeping my feet level not sinking. I could feel I was getting better propulsion from my arms with seemingly less effort. I felt more balanced and relaxed. I realised that previously, I had been using the stroke action of my arm to achieve body rotation and that meant I was wasting effort in rotation rather than forward motion. Best of all, I timed a length and cut two seconds off my usual average time and that was whilst doing this drill and deliberately slowing the stroke. This was certainly a lightbulb moment. Thank you so much for sharing this technique and explaining it so well. I am very excited to continue honing this improved technique.
Great to hear Benny!! Thank you for your post. You should try my online coaching and follow the drills is sure to help you. Well done!!!! vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
@@adamwalker32 I have watched a couple of them but this was the most instructive. Thanks again.
I will try this Tom . Because even I am stuck in practicing breathing and high elbow
Finally! So many videos mention hip initiated stroke, yet they only illustrate body rolling. This video zeros in on what hip driven is all about and how to drill to develop that 'neural pathway'.
Sir, I did this drill today and it changed everything for me !!!! Thank you so much
Great stuff!!!
beautiful man, accidentally discovered this when trying to make my breathing to t left easy (alternate sides every length in t pool. Makes ALL t diff when open water swimming if there’s any wind/chop). slows you down too, which suits all my cardiac surgery!
This is new learning of hip-arm movements,I am sure will help me improve my stroke...
This is such a great drill! I've been struggling with my front crawl, and although I still can't execute this drill properly, I've noticed a significant overall improvement right away!
I’m inspired by your videos. I’m 74 and swim 80 - 100 lengths in a 50 minute session 3 times a week. I still struggle with getting even rotation and use a pull bouy pretty much all the time as my legs still drag and impede my progress. I reduced my cadence last session and got down to 45 minutes for the 2.5Km. Huge improvement. Can’t wait to try out the drill in this video. Thanks and keep them coming.
Thank you for the comments, you should checkout my online coaching system. See link: vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
cool technique revised 2 times with translation you have gained a lot of experience this can be seen from effective beautiful swimming thanks for the video
Did this drill today. Not easy. Totally loved it. TY, Adam 👍
I have a deformed left foot since birth and the times I've tried running I've always ended up with injuries. I have switched to swimming in the last few months and not only do I feel more fit, I have a great deal more mental clarity and focus. At first I found swimming so difficult even after having many lessons as a kid. I would get winded after a few laps. I have eagerly watched many of your videos and now 1) keep my head facing the bottom of the pool 2) rotating at the the hips and 3) focusing on gliding. Now I can easily swim 25-30 minutes without feeling winded at the end. My wife even said I'm starting to get abs which was unthinkable a year ago! Not only is swimming far easier now, I truly feel that what I often held as my limitations were never my true limit and there is usually room to expand ones capabilities if you simply get creative and practice! Thank you for all these lessons.
Buenos días Adam. Soy nadador de aguas abiertas aquí en San Sebastian desde hace unos años y hoy he puesto en práctica tus consejos. Me he quedado impresionado lo rápido que avanzaba y lo poco que me he cansado ademas de nadar mas relajado que nunca con los 2 brazos por delante y girando las caderas de lado a lado. Darte las gracias por este video que creo es el mejor que he visto. Un abrazo.
Excelente!!! Muchas gracias !! Por compartir tu tecnica!
Great tip will apply it and build off this stage
Adam Walker = Great Swimmer
Adawm Wlaker =Great Coach
Adam Walker = Great Technique
In my opnion ...
This man is not only swimmer ...is not only coach ...He discovered new swimming mechanism should be study in swimming and fluid mechanics books...
Million thanks and million flowers to the best coach best swimmer I have seen in my life...
thank you so much :)
Thanks for breaking it down.
Extremely helpful video thanks
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing.
Take care.
God bless.
awesome tips thanks 🙏❤️
So great. I'm sure to do this drill on this weekend!
Though I can't describe well in English, Thanks for sharing so amazing swimming drill !!
From Japan.
Thanks
Coach Adam.... You are Great trainer...
Long time I am swimming without this rolling motion and become soon Very tired...
Today I apply your instruction..
First I keep my hand without crawling...
Then start rotation after rolling start pull the water by hand...
I feel it is effortless.. i feel really no heavy body mass... most of efforts in my shoulder muscles became nothing and continue swimming without feeling any tired...
Great coach Adam...
I hope every swimmer list carefully to all of your vedios and demonstrations...
Many Many Thanks...
Thank you for the comments 👍🙏
So.......Adam, a wee update on me!!! I wasn't getting it atall.... and was sore....so I seen this video!! and after 2 days in the sea (which is hard!! as can't put a foot down!! - not where I swim anyways... and beaches here way too busy for a Scots lad like me!!) I GOT THIS DOWN TO A FINE ART!!! Was very hard like you said....but finally... this afternoon... I GOT IT!! and it feels amazing!! My wife said that's it!!! (she used to coach kids swimming back in Germany... but even she wants to learn this (YOUR super stroke!) - But it felt great!! I was zooming through the sea with no legs being used!!! Now, I'm gonna totally perfect it over the weekend.... then I guess I'll try and add the 2 flicks in... and the breath....I did have a freestyle snorkel trainer.. and used it this morning only for a few mins before chucking it!!! was hopeless!! I did better without it!! I can't wait to see how it all comes together (hopefully!!) over the weekend and next week.... We do have a big pool here in our Apartments... but I really don't like going into Chlorine.... sea water all the way for me!! Swimming in Bleach.. I just don't it!! Never have!! But hey.. may aswell learn in the sea as that's where I'll be doing it.... eh... (I'll see how I get on with it.. but might try and talk my nice lass into purchasing your vimeo....Least we could do is give you some reimbursement! but like I said, we aint doing too well financially at moment here...) - Hey... for first time in years.. My bikes are being neglected!! haha... and it'll soon be bike season again here!!! But stuff it... I'm more into this!! THANKS AGAIN FOR PUTTING THESE FREE VIDEOS UP... - Martin (Martin Mallorca Guiding)
Adam's vimeo videos are brilliant. Well worth the money. I have shaved 2 seconds off my 25 meter average and with less effort.
Thank you.
It’s not easy to get used to but I realized the effectiveness of it today,top notch stuff love your ig video
Thanks
Great drill, I find it useful to begin with a snorkel, till the rotation becomes more natural.
Thanks a lot for sharing! :D
As you just said, it's not easy. I tried it today and I had to concentrate really hard so as not to rotate my head with feet simultaneously. But I believe with frequent training I'll improve
I will try this technique, hopefully will improve in swimming as I get tired when I swim 100m.
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Thanks for this video, realised now I was doing the opposite. Today I tried this in the beach, still got some shoulder pain, but I think it's because my elbow was not high enough during the pull.
Nice drills to master your freestyle stroke ,,thanska for sharing
My pleasure
This was a great video
Hallo so im training for my first triathlon. Im not a swimmer so ive had to completely learn how to do front crawl. Your video's are helping me massively i just wished you lived in Cheshire so i could book on some 1-2-1s
Glad to hear it. I had a guy last week visit me from Cheshire funnily enough.
BRILLIANT!!!!!
I have checked severl swimming technics....
I found that Adam Walker is the best....
1. Maximum efficiency with minum energy loss...
2. Maximum speed with minmum energy spent...
3.Very best technics for shoulder stiffness specially for old people Like me...
4. Reducing drag for best position of swimming.....
5.best elonongation for body so fast and less water resistance....
Really and I am very honest Adam Walker should be Legend name in the swimming ...and his technic is the best....
I encourage every one to watch his course in Vemio channel ...
I encourage every one who has a chance to learn with him in the learning Camps...
Best Of Luck Adam....
You are On of very genius swimmers ...
God bless You....
Mecheil Edwar
Dubai
Lovely comments thank you 🙏
Hi Adam, I had a lightbulb moment in the pool this morning. It suddenly dawned what you mean by using my hips to get more power into my stroke. With this small change I got an instant improvement of reducing strokes per length even though I was nearing the end of my mile swim and was beginning to tire a little. Thank you. This was a very satisfying improvement.
Great to hear. If you want to learn step by step on my online coaching series. Click link to subscribe : vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
@@adamwalker32 Just watched the vimeo on kick timing. Very useful, thanks.
Hi Coach Adam...
I would like to continue the explanations about your great technic of swimming about rolling mechanism....
I watch some vedios to see how fish is swimming.. the amazing thing is fish is follow same technique but in other way... actually fish doing like a snake motion... slim fish bending their body then crawl... In my opinion.. when we are in a static fluid... the heavy resistance of this fluid can be reduced when we can create for surronding fluid around our bodies a kinetic fluid... when we push this mass of fluid away from our bodies and crawl.. in this case we reduce resistance... same thing is doing by fish... heavy pressure of water around body of the fish.. it try to push by wave motion or snake motion then crawl.... so fish produce or give by full body a kinetic energy to the surrounding water... then very easly start crawling... this is one secret of fluid or water....
Now let us come back to your graceful technique Coach Adam... By Semi rolling motion start from core (hip) muscles... you give a kinetic energy to the water.. even this motion in perpendicular direction of swimmer motion.. however the pushing of water in this direction make same fish action when it moves in a wave or snake motion... this action let water more friendly with swimmer.... as well this rolling 45 degree then 0 then opposite 45 degree... let swimmer make smoething like a screw crawling.. imagine you put your hand in a water and start rotate 45 degree 0 opposite 45 degree... you feel your hand crawl and gliding in a water.......
last point any motion of any part of body during swimming produces a kinetic energy in the water. and let water react to your body... if this motion is proper the water response will help swimmer.. the motion is not correct the response of water will not be helpful for swimmer...
Here Coach Adam technic to rotate by hips first this kinetic energy is very beneficial for swimmer.. and will help....
Sorry Coach Adam for long explanation.. But I will continue thinking for this pretty Technique... and share you all of knowledge with all of your followers..
My Best Regards..
Another great explanation!!!! You understand it very well why I swim this way and the benefits!!! Thank you for the support!!!
Great drill! Will try it
Thank you
thanks helpful
A great video, I am currently trying to learn from your tutorials. Thanks a lot.
My pleasure
Amazing
I liked this video
Less body mass when rotating? No, mass is the same, what changes is the profile when sideways, less resistance
When he’s rotated that much, more of his body is out of the water, so while the mass of his body remains the same, there’s less body mass in the water (at least it seems to me).
@@ericedberg then you have surface tension to manage… which is why we are faster under the water than on top. ie dolphin kicking off the wall. The Kinetic energy that extra rotation gives a swimmer is key to what Adam talks about and teaches. In the same way, we are not “faster on our side” - assuming streamline is maintained (otherwise we would kick faster on our side than front - and we don’t). What rotation engages is total body movement. More DPS, more ‘glide’ and larger muscle groups.
less body mass getting "hindered" by water.
@Eduardo
Phiscally when You there are three forces acting on You...
The friction between You and water
The own weight of water in front of you when You move forwared...
The pushing force that produced by Your arm when you crawl....
Getting the best position in the water when you crawl to minmize the own wheight of water in front of you this reduce the resistance or what we can say drag force ...
So in simple word coach Adam said mass less ( your own weight + own weight in front of you that you push it)
谢谢
Can I use swimming belt initially to perfect this drill
Rotating to this extent will have me sinking too low in the water meaning difficulty getting a breath. The nearly stacked position is surely much less buoyant and as i am long and skinny makes me knife shaped rather than boat shaped if you get my meaning. Any thoughts on this Adam?
Try this: as the recovering hand enters the water, imagine the top hip connected by a rod to the entering hand, use the hip to push the imaginary rod and the entering hand forward into a perfectly horizontal body line from hips to the longest - most horizontal line you can make. Simultaneously to the hand entry, pull with the opposite arm / hand through the line of pull. You will realize exceptional forward movement. Repeat on the other side. Your stroke count will lower, your power will increase proportional to the hip drive and you will decrease your resistance with a horizontal body line.
Hi . When is the time to change hands?
Hi . When is the time to change hands?
I don't see any possibility to keep my feet so high without kicking at least once per stroke...
2 beat kick is enough for me to maintain balance, and i emphasize rotation + breath fully to keep buoyancy but how you do that ?
Hi Adam, after a 30 year lay off I went back in the pool this morning. I've been watching your videos with high interest, I like the idea of rotation, and I also tried it for the 1st time this morning. I find I'm rotating fine on my breathing side, but not o on the other. I will definitely try this drill next week. I'll let you know how I got on. By the way I swam 1k in 35minutes, in 100m intervals with a minute rest between intervals. Would you recommend a swim snorkel to help with this technique drill?
I've been pulling with the wrong arm, the deeper one! Going to the pool tomorrow to work on this. Thanks again Adam
Hi Coach Adam...
Hope You are doing well...
This is my third explanation by Mechanics for your Great Technique of Swimming...
But this time to prove my explanation I hope You can share one vedio of freestyle swimming by doing only rolling side by side without crawling by hand to prove me one thing(Crawling By Rolling) ...
Actually your technique you try to invent and shift the freestyle swimming to a new concept..
I can say every swimmer in normal free style is swimming by one engine... this engine= two hands = crawling to front to move and keep balance on the back side of the body by legs = Kicks
Now you introduce second engine to swimmer = rolling...
What does it meen rolling?....
Now Imagine you have One boat and fix one fan with two blades... but this engine will not do a full rotation... only half cycle then stop then do opposite cycle....
This Engine will move the boot to front direction only in one case condition... the blades of fan will push water behind then the boat will move to front...
this is exactly what you are doing coach Adam.. when you rolling your body you are exactly work same as boat engine... you are crawling by your body...
So please check this point swimm only by rolling and check how far you can move forward...
so Now your mechanism shift the swimming to totally new concept...
And why now you are releasing the pressure From your muscles of shoulders... because you introduce another engine push your body during swimming... Because so much load have been shared with the new engine... shared with the new concept of swimming......
Your Technique is not only reducing the mass of water you push in front of you when you swimm... not only that... you are swimming now and using like a muscles not in the direction if motion however these muscles make the same function... and you was very smart when you noted same thing with fish....
Really you invent a New concept in swimming........
Last point this mass of water you push by rolling action also enhance the pushing force by your hand when you crawl.....
I give you one example imagine you push a ball... and this ball not move (in Static condition) ... Now push another ball But this ball is moving... here the reaction force on your leg and ball(in moving condition) will be higher...
same thing when you push the mass of water by your hips.. and then this mass of water become on the same side of your hand that will crawl... now the movemnet by this hand will be more than the same hand but without rolling motion... reaction will be less same as example of ball......
Summary.........
... two engines!! For Swimming...
... new concept of crawling by rolling....
Finally I expect more crawling by rolling motion = more speed of swimming...
Best of Luck and I hope my explanation this time is correct..
My Best Regards...
Mr. Mecheil Edwar
UAE Dubai
I've watched this video at least 20 times trying to get it right but I always get lower back pain so bad I have stop. idk why.
Que marvilla
Excellent drill Adam!! Simple but very effective, how important is it to have a strong core for the hip rotation. I believe it comes from having a strong core, or is it from roll of the legs that aids in rotation.
Roll through the feet. The balance comes through my drills here: vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
Nice drill ... I just wish you had an underwater cam looking at this from the front ...
Lots of under water from different angles on my online system vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
Good
2:18 I have a question. you say to the way to keep your hips high is to drop your lower arm down, like a 45* angle. Isn't that arm angle going to catch a lot of water and create a ton of drag? Isn't it better to keep that arm horizontal, roughly parallel with your submerged shoulder?
As my body is on the side with the lower arm, water flows over the top of my arm. If I was flat with a deeper arm there would be more resistance. If I lift my arm to the surface, my legs would drop and therefore cause more drag with my body sinking as appose to my arm being lower on the side which aids my hips higher. Also if my arm was high I would push water down and my hips would drop on the pull making me slower, instead of pulling water back which is possible with a lower arm. Trying to do a high catch would cause my shoulders to hitch up and create pain. We can’t get away from humans being inefficient in water but it’s about reducing the inefficiency and also aiming to be pain free. Hope that helps :)
excellent! can I do this drill with a pull bluoy?
Doing it without helps you focus on how to get natural buoyancy. A pull bouy will bring your legs up but not make you work for the efficiency. Then you take the pull bouy away and your legs will sink again.
Harder without one. But if you can master it, you will never need a float again
Would this drill work just as well with a pull buoy between the legs?
Much better without a pull bouy as your having to learn how to get the hips up without the use of a flotation device.
Adam, what kind of magic are you using to stay horizontal without kicking?
I wonder about the same thing. Buoyancy shorts maybe?
As I am structural Enginner I would like to clarify by Principles of Mechanics.. the great tips provided hear by Coach Adam...
1. Drag force and mass of water:
When you move in the water you push your mass+ Mass of water that front of your body surface..
So when you sinking in the water and crawl you lose more energy.. because you crawl your mass + the mass of water in fron of you...
Hear coach Adam says Mass is less when drill hips.. He is 100% correct...
When you change position in water from front face to side now your body surfce submerged in water in this position becomes less so the mass of water that you push during crawling become less... so here saving so much energy... increase speed... less efforts on shoulder muscles....... this pepole by mistakes say drag force... this not correct... when you put any surface in the water push... this produces hydrostatic force in opposite direction... this very heavy resistance force...
So Coah Adam technique by rolling reducing surface area of body in the water reduces resistance force.....
2. rolling hips push water down... this make reaction from the water to the body of swimmer increasing a little uplift force of the water around hips area... this uplift force increase stability of swimmer.. gives a swimmer a chance to relaxe front muscles of shoulders and arms
.... which also saving more energy... enhance uplift.. decrease chance of sinking of body.....
3. when you crawl after rotating hips and shoulder this reduce the distance between cener of mass of body and hand.... when you swim and your body flat.. now the disance between cener of mass and hand is more than when you crawal from your body side......
when the hand near the center of Mass... this reduce the torsional moment on the body and saving energy and reducing the energy on the shoulder muscles...
to understand this point immagine you pull one rope and distance between your hand and your head is 1 meter... then pull the same rope and your hand is near your head.. in this case the shoulder muscles will lose less energy rather than hand far away your head...
this is same case when you crawl from side position and you hand near you center of mass of body...
Many Many Thanks for this great swimmer.. Great trainer.. Great Coach.. Sir Adam...
Thank you for the comments, great explanation to what I am coaching 👍
I check your technique coach Adam from principal of mechanics...
Actually in case no rotation the full force from arm will transfer to the body to move through shoulder muscles...which will be very heavy because you move full body by arm ...
Second weak point ...the arm will produce moment on the body to raise head and sink back parts i mean legs ...which is not good ...
But in your technique...when you roll by hips and shoulder about spinal chord or center line of body ...actually you start pushing your arm back by rotation not by arm muscles ....imagine one person lie on a bid and extend his arm and catch a one rope and he start rotation ..without moving his arm he will pull the rope...
So when you roll you push your arm back by two way ..rotation ( hips And chest rotation) and muscle of shoulder ...so now you release at least 50℅Of load from moscluse of shoulder that you was looking to release the heavy load on the shoulder...
Sure reducing drag is second good point...
I give you second example to clarify the benefit of rotation...
Imagine you set in a boat ...
To move you need to fix shoulder and pull water by hand ....now all energy produced from shoulder muscle...
Other way to move ...is to fix arm in the water without movement but rotate around your spinal chord ....now the hip muscles will produce the energy to move the boat ....
Third method ...do both action rotation + moving arm ...
So now you are using both types of muscles to move ...hip muscles + shoulder muscles...
That is coach Adam technique great discovery for swimming......
Can I use pull buoys in the beginning?
Better to not use a pull bouy so you can figure out how to balance without it 👍
When does he breathe?
11 strokes no kicks 25 seconds that’s pretty good. You could have easily talent 3 seconds off of that
Anyone have any advice on how to stay stable on the rotation. For me its like I'm trying to balance on a wire.
Keeping the head still is the key. Have you followed my drills on Ocean Walker Vimeo? This will really help. vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
@@adamwalker32 I tried this today. You might be onto something. Have you considered teaching swimming?…Jk..I’ll check out your vimeo course. Thanks for the direct feedback!
I cant believe your able to do this without needing to kick.
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Dati kc naka swimming ako ng 500mts. Baki ngayon 76 yo lumulubog ako. Ano gagawin ko para bumalik ang performance ko. TY
Dans l eau je trouve le coude moyen. Du coup le catch est pas top je pense . En dehors de l eau c est pas mal juste je trouve qu on pourrait peut être exagérer en proposant de caresser la joue avec le dos de la main .je trouve ça aide pour la rotation l entre de la main dans l eau ...
really difficult!!
Adam Walker: We need you in Southern California. Plenty of open water swimming protected from waves, lots of demand for your helpful expertise. Please, please, please!
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I take on board what you say but it's horse for courses. Have you experimented with what distance is a cut off point when racing? My gut feel is anything under 400m would be too slow. Also in a pool, there are no under currents, waves etc and humans are not as solid as boats. Seems to me an hell of a lot of torque is put on the core and muscles around the pelvis.
No pressure at all on the spine, hips or shoulders. All done through the feet. Regarding waves and under currents. I developed the technique to complete the Toughest 7 ocean swims in the World following injury and advised to give up by my surgeon. I swam in massive swells and currents including 17 hours none stop across the Molokai Channel. 15.5 hours across Tsugaru Channel. I became first British person to swim from Spain to Morocco and back to Spain breaking British speed record one way in the process. I’ve also swam from Ireland to Scotland, Catalina Channel and Cook Strait in New Zealand known for some of the most treacherous waters in the world!
How tall are you?
Fancy a holiday on Mallorca?
Your pull is out of water too soon, it could go out at half distance between hips and the knee, if your hands are not too short
Can this be done while incorporating a much higher stroke per min. count? It appears this forms makes higher stroke counts (i.e., 70-75) more difficult.
Due to the timing and gaining a big glide this reduces stroke rate but not speed. It also saves energy with less strokes. I use to do 70 Spm now I’m 43 and faster. Checkout vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
@@adamwalker32 Thanks for the reply. So, would you say that the more typical stroke rate for this technique would be between the low 60's - high 50's?
BTW. I am already a subscriber to your videos. But, I noticed you have never approached (in detail) the optimal stroke rate (if there is such a thing). Also, does stroke rate change relative to conditions and or body type (tall vs. short, etc.) to obtain more glide? A specific video regarding this subject would be nice if you think it would be useful.
Personally, I have used a mixed-variation of your approach for about 30+ yrs.. At the start of mass swims (for example), I use a short stroke and kick/rotate but transition mid-swim to more "flat, longer reach with high spm" when I am in calm waters or not drafting. This mixed approach has resulted in faster times but I am not convinced it is the most efficient (especially for a long course triathlete).
In short, I go from mentally training at either strokes per minute to foot flicks (i.e., 2-beat kick) per minute depending on what I want ... more glide or more pull - depending on the swim conditions. More turbulent the water (like drafting), the more I use the kick per min. approach. The less turbulent the water, the more I use stroke per min. that tends to emphasise the pull.
BTW - to put my comments in perspective, I'm 64 and have been swimming for about 36 yrs as a triathlete (all distances).
@@joemoya9743 Ok. So to answer your questions. There isn’t an optimum stroke rate with this technique as there as many factors which will determine how far you glide before you do the next stroke. For instance how fast is your rotation how good is the pull, how effective is the timing. Regarding height. It will give you more reach if your taller but if someone is smaller but has a stronger kick and pull and better timing they could glide longer. I have many different heights and body compositions I’ve coached and I can get everyone doing the stroke once they understand how. I swim the same way in mass starts I may just kick and pull a little harder to get away from the pack. Same at the end but the stroke rhythm remains the same. When it’s rougher I don’t increase cadence or shorten the stroke if anything I’ll go the other way longer to glide under the waves. The stroke is very effective in rough water. Hope that helps.
@@adamwalker32 Yes... thank you.
@@adamwalker32 I’m really not in any position to question what you say here, but just from watching pack of elite Triathletes race - it doesn’t seem to be much emphasis on glide at all. Especially in choppier conditions. It’s high cadence 'windmills' all around.
While this technique may have useful utility in long distance freestyle it is not compatible with best and most effective technique for shorter distances up to 10 km by more experienced competitive swimmers.
Most often the “best” technique will also need to take into account the individual and both their physical and mental capabilities.
I’m fairly experienced. I’m the First British person to swim 7 toughest Ocean Swims in the World. I broke British record from Spain to Morocco. I’ve also won numerous short distance swims.
How are his legs not sinking ?
You need to checkout Ocean Walker Vimeo to follow my method how to do it 👍 see link: vimeo.com/ondemand/oceanwalkertechnique
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