LEARN Freestyle | Rotation (104)
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- At the half way point of our Freestyle progressions, Justin explains the final body position element, Rotation. This is crucial for balance, breathing, and power in the stroke. I urge everyone to look up Olympians to see how much they rotate!
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i work with adults and seniors and i always use fins as an introductory learning tool and i use lots of imagery. on the rotation skill , my favorite piece of imagery is" rotatelike a pig on a spit; "another is " show a hip, show a shoulder" and " take it to the edge". i did enjoy your images and will use some of them.
Another winner Justin. Nice and clear. Love the long shots with Rawen.
Thank you, Perry! Always appreciated :)
She makes it look so easy
Best video series about free style!!!!
Thank you! Much appreciated.
this series is amazing
We’re so happy you’re enjoying it! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions!
Thanks 😊
Excelente, thanks 🙏 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
These were great exercises for perfecting the freestyle! I will incorporate these in my practice. I love how this exercise was slowed down to show the example of the swim structure.
I’m just now getting comfortable with doing the freestyle and I know doing these exercises will perfect my craft!
We’re so glad you’ve enjoyed the series so far! Practice makes perfect, so just take a step back if you get stuck anywhere to find your feel. We’ll keep working through the progressions in the upcoming videos, too!
Love your tenacity Shannon! When you're 'done' and have met your goals, I'd love to hear how the beginner series and these stroke development series impacted your learning and how they worked together (or didn't) from your learning point of view.
@@perrychristenberry1913 I most definitely will!
@@perrychristenberry1913 I’ll probably never be done. There’s always away to perfect something.
@@shannondent7052 So very, very true Shannon.
The visual cues and explanations (like imagine that you are holding a bucket of paint on the recovery) in the video are very helpful. I often ask people: 'What does it feel like when you do this or that while swimming.' Your video answers these questions. I have one question for you...when you rotate the hips are you rotating just the hips like a Salsa dancer might do or are you using the hips and the torso in combination to rotate?
Thank you for your great question! Technically, it's a rotation of the entire trunk, albeit I like to use the hips as the "steering wheel". Take pitching or swinging a golf club, for example - once the loading portion has been created with a rotation at the back of the movement, the hips drive the body forward to point of release/contact! Many people swim somewhat "square", so their focus on driving body rotation should come from the hips, and the rest of the body will follow suit (legs, torso, etc.). Hope this helps!
Got it! The steering wheel and the throwing a pitch analogy is something that I can relate to. I'll take this to my swim practice tomorrow morning. Thanks!
@@gary4451 Glad I could help! Let us know if you have any other thoughts/questions!
Wonder full explanation
Allowed your advice regarding the centre line, catch, pull, and rotate. Also forced on HHH etc. It worked well and helped me build on my technic.
Love it! We're so glad that you're enjoying the technique instruction. Please don't hesitate to reach out with more questions!
Could you clarify breathing when preforming each drill, please.
Hi! For 6-kick switch, I would just encourage to breathe through the rotation as needed. The same goes for 3-kick switch (or constant rotation kicking). Just breath as needed. As you rotate to a side, allow the head to break its stillness and travel with the body, ultimately breathing into the "bow wave" that we create with our heads that travels around the body. For both of these drills, kicking on your back is also an identical option as needed, or using a snorkel on your stomach! For sailboat drill, we just encourage you to breath during the movement of one stroke to the next, and once you put your arm in sailboat position, to return your head to its neutral position. It's much easier to breathe on every other/every third for this drill than every single stroke, so I would suggest giving that a try as well! Hope this helps!
Great advice and slowly taught which is also good for me anywat... However, i am a bit confused - the head is supposed to stay still, looking at the bottom " constantly" (??) and therefore being in line so as not to break the imaginary straight line thru our body. I have got all the nuts and bolts to this as been practicing this for over a uear now at the YMCA, however, when i go to take a breath, my form falks apart ! I dont understand how my mouth is to take a breath without moving from the " looking at the bottom of the pool" position. The only other way it would seem is that my head has to rotate with my body which is wrong ??? My head would have to be sideways with my body in order to breath whether the air is within the small "wave" that my head creates or wherever. I believe this is all i need to be able to swim laps but cant quite get this accomplished. ....one other thing, i breath ok with fins on yet fall apart without fins. I am 61 - need help. Thanks in advance !!! Sam
To answer the first part of your question, the head should be neutral and looking down when not breathing, regardless of the fact that our body is rotating back and forth. However, when we need to breathe, we have to allow our head to go somewhat "with the body" - even though it is still its own entity - during the rotation to the side to give us the room to breathe. At any rate, it's important to keep the head in a natural position - neutral when not breathing, and comfortably with the body when rotating to breathe. If you keep your entire body attached and don't crane the neck up/sideways/rotationally, it'll open your body up for a very naturally-timed breath. Try over-rotating (a little) at first to make sure you get a full breath, and as you get more comfortable, focus on keeping one goggle in the water and breathing into the wave. Everything about freestyle is rhythmic; you should treat each stroke as a measure of a beat and just think of the stroke we breathe on as a different note than the others, but still inherently the same.
As for fins go, that's totally OKAY! They're a great tool to help us stay afloat and balanced thanks to added power. Where we can get in trouble with the integrity of our stroke is if we use them purely as compensation for our kick. Once you have breathing fully mastered with fins and a stable kick, then try transitioning to take them off and maintain the same ideas. Hope this helps!